Site Event/Activity record ECC3367 - part of Dutch Quarter phase 3
Location
Location | Maidenburgh Street and Sir Williams Walk |
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Grid reference | TL 9976 2531 (point) (Derived from Mon) |
Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Colchester Archaeological Trust (Essex CC)
Date
1982
Description
Smith, N
Residential development (part of Dutch Quarter phase 3); the trenches dug for new houses revealed 5 pieces of archaeological information. 1: an E-W Roman foundation close to the pavement (the top 40cm below the pavement). To the S were some Roman tiles lying longitudinally. The foundation is more llikely to have been a house than a public building but this is not certain. 2: A stanchion hole NW of the above was cut through a sequence of well preserved Roman layers. These appeared to be badly damaged opus signinum floor overlying a layer of demolished daub walls. The latter overlay a shallow lens of ?redeposited Boudiccan debris. No floors were detected below the latter. 3 and 4: street metalling SW of 1. 5: Part of a plain red tessellated pavement revealed in the N foundation for a new house on the S side of the junction of Maidenburgh Street and George Street. Workmen found human bones above the surviving part of the pavement - possibly post Roman.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SEX36612 DESC TEXT: Crummy, P. 1992. Colchester Archaeological Report 6. Excavations at Culver Street, Gilberd School and other sites in Colchester. Pg 367-8.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC8502 Colchester - Maidenburgh Street and Sir Williams Walk (Monument)
Record last edited
Nov 4 2015 2:45PM