Site Event/Activity record ECC2968 - Archaeological Monitoring & Recording on land to the rear of 16 Coast Road, West Mersea 2006

Location

Location 16 Coast Road, West Mersea, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TM 007 125 (15m by 23m)
Map sheet TM01SW
County ESSEX
Civil Parish WEST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Archaeological Solutions

Date

June 2006

Map

Description

In June 2006, Archaeological Solutions carried out a programme of archaeological monitoring and recording on land to the rear of 16 Coast Road, West Mersea, in advance of the erection of a new dwelling (CBC planning application no. F/COL/05/0991). No archaeological finds or features were present at the site other than a single modern posthole (F1003) containing porcelain. The stratigraphy comprised topsoil, overlying subsoil, overlying the natural with no occupational layers or anthropogenic deposits. No residual finds of pre-modern date were identified within any of the layers encountered on the site.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Watching Brief Report: Hallybone, C.. 2006. Land to the rear of 16 Coast Road, West Mersea, Colchester, Essex Archaeological Monitoring & Recording.

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Record last edited

May 10 2017 1:30PM

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