Site Event/Activity record ECC3383 - SALV RECORD by Brooks, H, Crossan, C and Crummy,
Location
Location | Colchester - High Street, 65 |
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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
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)
- --- SEX36612 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)
- MCC8530 Colchester - High Street, 65 (Monument)
Record last edited
Nov 4 2015 2:45PM