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 |
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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
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> 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.63-74.
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Record last edited
Mar 7 2017 3:54PM