Site Event/Activity record ECC3854 - Site C excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011

Location

Location Colchester Garrison Alienated Land Area A1 (former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks), Mersea Road, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TM 00113 24542 (27m by 22m)
Map sheet TM02SW
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

April and June 2011

Map

Description

Site C (475m²) was positioned to intercept a ENE/WSW-aligned Roman field-ditch, an adjacent ?prehistoric pit F150, and a 6.5m-diameter circular foundation (WW II defensive structure?) found in 2010 evaluation trench T5. The principal features uncovered in Site C were the substantial Roman ditch aligned WSW-ENE, and a row of fourteen undated pits or large post-holes (CF6-7, 9, 18, 20-1, 24-5, 27-33) aligned precisely with its inner edge. A 3m gap between ditch CF3 and ditch CF22 (at right-angles to it) may have been a gate between Roman fields. Post-medieval features included a ditch and a circular feature associated with the barracks. No further prehistoric features were identified.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> EXCAV REPORT: Brooks, Howard. 2016. A Late Iron Age dyke, Roman and Anglo-Saxon burials, a Roman coin hoard, and a Civil War fort: Stage 1b archaeological evaluation and Stage 2 excavation at Colchester Garrison Alienated Land Area A1. CAT Report 628, pp.51-55.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Roman? ditch and pit alignment, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site C), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Two? late prehistoric pits, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site C), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Undated ring ditch, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site C), Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Dec 15 2016 10:26AM

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