Site Event/Activity record ECC375 - Excavation along Castle Park Sewer, Colchester, 1983
Location
| Location | Castle Park, Colchester |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred TL 9993 2543 (53m by 359m) |
| Map sheet | TL92NE |
| County | ESSEX |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd
Date
1983-4
Description
Observation and some limited excavation took place during the construction of a new sewer through the Castle Park. This involved the laying of lengths of pipe in a trench 0.75m wide and on average 2m deep, from Cowdray Crescent through the Upper Castle Park and out through the town wall into the Lower Castle Park. Work took place between November 1983 and February 1984. Recording was mainly limited to hurried plotting and section drawing but in some cases it was possible to work ahead of contractors, in particular immediately south of the town wall and for a short stretch in the middle of the park. Information recovered from the trench included: sections through the Roman town ditch, foundation of the Roman town wall and rampart, intervallum road, series of Roman town house foundations and floors, and previously unrecorded street metalling and banks and ditches.<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC101 Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1992. CAR 6: Excavations at Culver Street, the Gilberd School, and other sites in Colchester 1971-85. 6. p368-373.
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Record last edited
Oct 13 2016 9:47AM