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
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

Map

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> 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)

  • Anglo-Saxon pottery sherd, Alienated Land Area B, Colchester Garrison, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Late Iron Age/Roman ditch, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Area YP), Colchester (Element)
  • Possible Roman burials?, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Site J), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Prehistoric pit, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester (Element)
  • Robbed Roman Circus Wall, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Site J), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman burials, Former Garrison Area J1 North (former Royal Artillery Barracks), Colchester Garrison (Monument)
  • Roman Circus, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman cremation burial, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Site J), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman ditches, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman inhumation burial, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Site J), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman pit, Colchester Garrsion PFI site (Site B), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman roadside ditch, Colchester Garrison PFI site (Site J), Colchester (Element)
  • Undated Inhumation burial, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester (Element)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Mar 14 2016 9:54AM

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