Site Event/Activity record ECC3666 - A geophysical survey on land to the east of Birch Airfield, Birch, 1998

Location

Location Land to the north-east of Palmer's Farm, Birch
Grid reference TL 92393 19260 (point)
Map sheet TL91NW
County ESSEX
Civil Parish BIRCH, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

Autumn 1998

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Description

A limited geophysical survey was undertaken by Colchester Archaeological Trust (T. Dennis?) to the north-east of Palmer's Farm, targeting the clusters of Roman building materials defined during fieldwalking in 1997. <1><2> The anomalies were subsequently targetted by limited trial trenching (T1 and T2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Evaluation Report: Crossan, C.E. (CAT). 1998. Geophysical Survey and Trial Trenching at Birch, Colchester.. CAT Report 23, Appendix.
  • <2> Evaluation Report: Crossan, C.. 1997. Fieldwalking survey at Birch, Colchester for ARC Southern Ltd. CAT Report 8.

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Jan 20 2016 3:19PM

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