Site Event/Activity record ECC3857 - Site F 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 00143 24394 (59m by 53m)
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 F (2,040m²) was designed to explore and better define the enclosure ditch F45 found in T34 and to examine any internal features, and the Roman and post-medieval ditches running broadly east-west to the north of the enclosure. The principal discovery was three enclosures dated to the late Iron Age or early Roman period and interpreted as stock-related features; no convincing buildings were defined. There were no features predating the late Iron Age, but prehistoric activity prior to that date is indicated by the presence of hand-made prehistoric pottery and prehistoric flints in various contexts.<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.63-74.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Roman ditches, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site F), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Three late Iron Age to early Roman stock enclosures, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site F), Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Mar 7 2017 3:54PM

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