Site Event/Activity record ECC2730 - Archaeological monitoring and recording at Colchester Sixth Form College, Colchester, 2005

Location

Location Colchester Sixth Form College, North Hill, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 99288 25423 (91m by 57m) (Approximate)
Map sheet TL92NE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

February 2005

Map

Description

In 2005, Colchester Archaeological Trust had the opportunity to test whether the Roman floors (defined in 2003) continued to the east.<1><2> An L-shaped trench (Trench 2 or T2) was excavated into the west edge of the tennis courts. A floor identical to the plain mortar floor of 2003 was found in T2, as well as indications that a tessellated pavement had stood here, but had been demolished some time in or after the Roman period. A trench dug in the medieval period to quarry away the Roman stone foundations was on the identical line to one found in the 2003 trench. This combination of wall and floors makes it quite certain that the 2005 remains are part of the same Roman house as that found in 2003. In addition to the archaeological work, monitoring was carried out on various geotechnical exercises. These consisted of another two trenches in the tennis courts (T1, T3), two trenches in the north-west corner of the site (T4, T5), and three window samples in the tennis courts with three more outside the tennis courts to the south. <1>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> EXCAV REPORT: Brooks, Howard (CAT). 2005. Archaeological monitoring and recording at the Sixth Form College, North Hill, Colchester, Essex, February 2005. CAT Report 309.
  • <2> Evaluation Report: Holloway, Ben (CAT). 2004. An archaeological evaluation at the Sixth Form College, North Hill, Colchester, Essex December 2003-January 2004. CAT Report 260.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Roman floor, Sixth Form College, North Hill, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman tessellated floor, Sixth Form College, North Hill, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Mar 21 2016 8:58AM

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