Site Event/Activity record ECC2554 - Trial trenched evaluation on Areas A, B, D, GJ, H, J, N, V and YP at Colchester Garrison PFI site, Colchester, 2002
Location
Location | Colchester Garrison PFI site, Colchester |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 99581 24062 (1407m by 1344m) |
Map sheet | TL92SE |
County | ESSEX |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd
Date
June to July 2002
Description
71 trial-trenches were excavated in Areas A, B, D, GJ, H, J, N, V and YP. The combined size of these areas is 53.8 hectares.<1>
Significant archaeological features consisted of three Roman burials, a robbed-out Roman building, a prehistoric pit, and a few Roman pits and ditches. Some of the Roman ditches share a broad alignment with field-boundaries previously evaluated on Area C, and may be regarded as parts of the same LIA/Roman field system.
There were a few prehistoric sherds and struck flints, but none of the prehistoric material is at a level to suggest anything other than scattered and intermittent activity in the prehistoric period. The character of the archaeological remains identified can be summarised as principally modern in date, with a very small number of significant features. Features in Areas A and B in particular contained larger groups of artefacts than Areas C, E/F or KR. This is a reflection of the proximity of the area under study to the Roman town and Roman cemeteries and to the medieval centre of activity at St John’s Abbey.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC709 Evaluation Report: Brooks, Howard (CAT). 2002. An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching on Areas A, B, D, GJ H, J, N, V and YP at Colchester Garrison PFI site, Colchester, Essex. CAT Report 206.
Related Monuments/Buildings (13)
- MCC2884 Anglo-Saxon pottery sherd, Alienated Land Area B, Colchester Garrison, Colchester (Find Spot)
- MCC2771 Late Iron Age/Roman ditch, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Area YP), Colchester (Element)
- MCC2765 Possible Roman burials?, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Site J), Colchester (Element Group)
- MCC2770 Prehistoric pit, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2762 Robbed Roman Circus Wall, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Site J), Colchester (Element)
- MCC2807 Roman burials, Former Garrison Area J1 North (former Royal Artillery Barracks), Colchester Garrison (Monument)
- MCC2805 Roman Circus, Colchester (Monument)
- MCC2764 Roman cremation burial, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Site J), Colchester (Element)
- MCC2768 Roman ditches, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2763 Roman inhumation burial, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Site J), Colchester (Element)
- MCC2767 Roman pit, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Site B), Colchester (Element)
- MCC2766 Roman roadside ditch, Colchester Garrison PFI site (Site J), Colchester (Element)
- MCC2769 Undated Inhumation burial, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester (Element)
Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)
- ECC2659 Evaluation of Garrison Redevelopment Project, Colchester, 2006 (Ref: ECC2659)
Record last edited
Mar 14 2016 9:54AM