Site Event/Activity record ECC839 - Excavation at 'Peartree Junction', Colchester, 1936

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Location Land south of Ambrose Avenue, Colchester
Grid reference TL 96682 23862 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Hull, M. R. H. (Rex)

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1936

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An examination was carried out of a bank, with ditch either side, running west towards the Triple dyke from the south end of Bluebottle grove.<1> Hull sectioned Prettygate Dyke at the beginning of its ENE course, disclosing the structure of the rampart and a filled-in ditch on either side of it. Hull's trenches were extended to include Shrub End Dyke.<2> See fig 15 B in Hull's notes.<3>

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  • <2> Serial: Hawkes, Christopher, F. C. & Crummy, Philip. 1995. CAR 11: Camulodunum II. 11. pp.46-48.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Roman Colchester II: Extramural and Walls. II. Fig 15 B.

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Feb 8 2016 2:08PM

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