Site Event/Activity record ECC2828 - Stage 1b evaluation on alienated land area K, Colchester Garrison, 2009

Location

Location Colchester Garrison
Grid reference Centred TL 9893 2417 (152m by 176m)
Map sheet TL92SE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

2009

Map

Description

Colchester Garrison alienated land Area K coincides with the northern part of Goojerat Barracks, situated to the north of Goojerat Road and to the east of Butt Road. This evaluation links the two previously-evaluated areas at the former Cavalry Barracks (Area J2, to the north) and Goojerat Barracks (Area L/N, to the south). The principal remains revealed by the twelve evaluation trenches were the widespread remains of the barracks (constructed in 1900-1902, and rebuilt in the early 1970s). Significant archaeological features were very thinly distributed. Three undated features in one trench may have been Roman in date, mainly because one, a ditch, shared the orientation of a Roman field system found, for example, on Area J2, to the north of Areas K1 and K2, and elsewhere. Only three sherds of pottery were found during this evaluation (two late Roman and one medieval), all of which were residual in later contexts. Other features included natural linears (probably of glacial origin), and tree-throw pits, of which some were natural, and some possibly due to the deliberate removal of tree stumps in connection with agricultural land clearance.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Evaluation Report: Brooks, H., Holloway, B. (CAT) and Masefield, R. (RPS Group). 2009. Stage 1b archaeological evaluation, Garrison Alienated Land Area K, Colchester Garrison, Colchester, Essex February-March 2009. CAT Report 504.

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Sep 4 2018 10:10AM

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