Site Event/Activity record ECC3858 - Site G 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 00042 24376 (51m by 23m) |
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 G (400m²) was designed as a single 50m x 12m area, but was split into two parts to retain vehicle access for demolition plant. Site G was positioned to follow the line of E/W-aligned ditch F136/F143 found in 2010 evaluation T32 and T26 respectively, and also investigated in Area F to the east (where it was numbered FF7). The discovery of a Roman inhumation in 2002 T10, 60m to the west, also opened up the possibility that Roman burials would be found here. The main significant features in Site G were two intercutting possible graves (undated, but presumed to be Roman: GF4/6), and the expected E/W-aligned ditch GF1 which is the same ditch as FF7 in Site F. There was also a Roman gully (GF03). Site G was, however, dominated by the foundations of now-demolished barracks buildings.<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.75-77.
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Record last edited
Dec 16 2016 12:12PM