Site Event/Activity record ECC4305 - Trial-trenched evaluation on land between 47 and 49 Wickham Road, Colchester, 2019

Location

Location Land between 47 and 49 Wickham Road, Colchester, CO3 3ED
Grid reference Centred TL 9895 2448 (7m by 7m)
Map sheet TL92SE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

March 2019

Map

Description

An archaeological evaluation, comprising a single trial-trench 8.0m long x 1.8m wide, was undertaken by Colchester Archaeological Trust in March 2019 on land between 47 and 49 Wickham Road, Colchester, in advance of the construction of a new dwelling. Five layers were recorded in the trench. A modern layer of redeposited soil (L1, c.0.14-0.17m thick) sealed a modern layer of crush material (L2, 0.06-0.11m thick). Beneath L2 was a layer of buried topsoil (L3, c.0.28-0.36m thick) which overlay subsoil (L4, c 0.16-0.22m thick). L4, in turn, sealed natural (L5, silty-sand ). No significant archaeological remains were encountered.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Evaluation Report: Hicks, Elliott. 2019. Archaeological evaluation on land between 47 and 49 Wickham Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3ED. CAT Report 1396.

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Record last edited

Apr 2 2020 3:19PM

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