Site Event/Activity record ECC2786 - Trial-trenched evaluation of land to the south of Jarmin Road, Colchester, 2007

Location

Location Land to the south of Jarmin Road, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 99806 25941 (186m by 96m)
Map sheet TL92NE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

February 2007

Map

Description

Seven evaluation trenches (totalling 117m long and each 1.8m wide) were located within the old Jarmin Road depot in advance of construction works on the site. In total, 20 features were recorded; seven modern; four Roman; four undated (but which may be Roman); four natural; and one dated to the post-Roman period. The Roman features consisted of at least two ditches and a small number of pits, each containing domestic waste dating from the early Roman or possibly Late Iron Age period through to the early 2nd century. No evidence associated with the late 4th-century kiln was identified, but one piece of cremated human bone may derive from a nearby disturbed Roman burial. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Evaluation Report: Pooley, Laura (CAT). 2007. An archaeological evaluation at Jarmin Road, Colchester, Essex, January 2007. CAT Report 409.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman features (Element Group)

Record last edited

Apr 19 2016 10:19AM

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