Site Event/Activity record ECC421 - Burnt layers at top of North Hill, Colchester, 1935

Location

Location North Hill, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99394 25203 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Rudsdale, E. J. (Mr)

Date

1935

Map

Description

In 1935 the site of the restaurant, once Scott's and later Pallant's, which looked straight down the High Street, was cleared and a new building erected for the Prudential Insurance Society. Mr Rudsdale noted 'a fairly uniform burnt layer over the whole site ...much burnt daub'. <1> Finds included a few sherds of Thetford-type ware.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. No 155, page 146.
  • <2> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1981. CAR 1: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester. 1. p39.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Record last edited

Jan 21 2016 5:06PM

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