Site Event/Activity record ECC2552 - Trial-trenching at Area S of the Garrison Urban Village, Colchester, 2004

Location

Location Colchester Garrison, Colchester
Grid reference
Map sheet
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

May 2004

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Description

This is the archive report on archaeological trial-trenching at Area S of the planned urban village at the Garrison, Colchester to locate the exact position of Berechurch Dyke. The work was carried out as part of a programme of archaeological investigation of areas of alienated land, acquired by Taylor Woodrow for residential development. The fieldwork on Area S was necessitated by design requirements for the installation of a new service close to the estimated course of the Berechurch Dyke and the creation of a green ‘corridor’ in the development to preserve the surviving remains of Berechurch Dyke. Three 50m x 0.5m trial-trenches were excavated; two large ditches were observed in two of the trenches and a single large ditch representing the remains of a rampart was observed in the third trench as the course of the dyke changed angle across Area S. Finds from the trial-trenching included a very small amount of Roman pottery and tile as well as a single sherd of prehistoric pottery. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Evaluation Report: Holloway, Ben (CAT). 2004. Archaeological trial-trenching at Area S of the Garrison Urban Village, Colchester, Essex. CAT Report 273.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Berechurch Dyke, Colchester (Monument)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

  • Evaluation of Garrison Redevelopment Project, Colchester, 2006 (Ref: ECC2659)

Record last edited

Oct 19 2015 11:59AM

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