Site Event/Activity record ECC4126 - Archaeological monitoring and recording at St Helena School, Colchester, 2018

Location

Location St Helena School, Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3LE
Grid reference Centred TL 9883 2588 (105m by 22m)
Map sheet TL92NE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

February 2018

Map

Description

Archaeological monitoring and recording was undertaken in February 2018 during the excavation of four hand-excavated test pits, each 1.1m in size x 0.9m deep, for new rugby posts. A Roman socketed iron spearhead, dated to the 1st century AD, was recovered as a residual find from a post-Roman accumulation layer. In addition, a small quantity of Roman finds was recovered from soil layers (L1 & L2) in foundation posts 1 and 4, comprising pottery, ceramic building material (CBM) and animal bone. Almost all of the Roman finds, where closely-datable, were of early Roman (mid 1st to 2nd century) date. Post-Roman finds were limited to a single small piece of tile which is probably pegtile.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Watching Brief Report: Pooley, Laura and Tuffey, Adam. 2018. Archaeological monitoring at St Helena School, Sheepen Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3LE. CAT Report 1231.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Find spot of a Roman spearhead, St Helena School, Colchester (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Apr 26 2018 10:44AM

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