Site Event/Activity record ECC3562 - An archaeological excavation at All Saints' Church, Colchester Zoo, Stanway, 2005

Location

Location All Saints' Church, Colchester Zoo, Maldon Road, Stanway, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 95312 22115 (39m by 41m)
Map sheet TL92SE
County ESSEX
Civil Parish STANWAY, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

September - October 2005

Map

Description

Following a monitored topsoil strip, CAT excavated 34 intercutting inhumation graves on the site of the proposed new orang-utan enclosure, to the north of the site of All Saints' Church. The graves are probably late medieval, and the absence of coffins indicates a low status. Other features included two parallel ditches, aligned NW-SE, to the NE of the burials, which may have been boundary ditches to the graveyard. The report records that the human remains are to be reburied on site. <1> This work followed a trial-trenched evaluation by Archaeological Solutions in January 2005, which revealed 14 medieval inhumation graves. <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> EXCAV REPORT: Brooks, H (CAT). 2005. A medieval cemetery at All Saints' church, Great Stanway, Essex (Colchester Zoo). CAT Report 346.
  • <2> Evaluation Report: Doyle, Kate and Williams, Josh. 2005. Proposed Orang-Utan enclosure, Colchester Zoo, Stanway, Colchester, Essex. An Archaeological Evaluation.. AS Report 1730.

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Record last edited

Jan 18 2016 8:26AM

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