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
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

Map

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> 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)

  • Early Neolithic tree throw, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site E), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman ditch, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site E), Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Dec 16 2016 11:32AM

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