Site Event/Activity record ECC3856 - Site E excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011
Location
Location | Colchester Garrison Alienated Land Area A1 (former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks), Mersea Road, Colchester |
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Grid reference | Centred TM 00234 24427 (48m by 46m) |
Map sheet | TM02SW |
County | ESSEX |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd
Date
April and June 2011
Description
Site E (1,565m²) offered an opportunity to examine the context of pit F31, which contained early Neolithic pottery and flints, defined in 2010 evaluation trench T23. Site E was dominated by the foundations and services of now-demolished barrack buildings. One probable tree stump removal pit (F31/EF13) contained a large group of Neolithic finds - 61 sherds and nine flints. The most significant landscape feature was a large Roman ditch, whose N/S alignment makes it certain to be the continuation of a ditch excavated in Site D to the north, and in T37, to the south. There was also residual prehistoric and Roman material in later features.<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC72918 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.57-63.
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Record last edited
Dec 16 2016 11:32AM