Site Event/Activity record ECC3383 - SALV RECORD by Brooks, H, Crossan, C and Crummy,

Location

Location Colchester - High Street, 65
Grid reference TL 9988 2520 (point) (Derived from Mon)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust (Essex CC)

Date

1976

Map

Description

Redevelopment; practically all the site was destroyed because of cellars. The southern half of the plot contained a complicated brick cellar containing sveral vaulted passages. Importants discoveries noted in a metre wide strip of surviving stratigraphy between the northern cellar and the High Street frontage consisted of a N-S Roman drain and 2 human skeletons. The latter were discovered and removed by workmen. In addition there were two wells (one possibly a soakaway) and a fragment of foundation of Roman date.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- DESC TEXT: Crummy, P. 1992. Colchester Archaeological Report 6. Excavations at Culver Street, Gilberd School and other sites in Colchester. Pg 820.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Colchester - High Street, 65 (Monument)

Record last edited

Nov 4 2015 2:45PM

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