Site Event/Activity record ECC946 - Excavation of the Grammar School Playing Field, Colchester

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Location Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 98213 24551 (93m by 131m)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Hall, A. F. (Mr)

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Trenches cut across the Grammar School Playing Field (Field 1266a - marked on OS 1:2500, Epoch 4, now a playing field of Colchester County High School for Girls) in search of the line of a Roman road. Trenches were cut over long stretches across the line where the subsoil was found to be gravel. No traces of a road were found although a ditch was discovered.<1>

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. p4.
  • <2> Cartographic materials: Unknown. Unknown. Annotated OS map showing excavation trenches.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman ditch, Royal Grammar School Playing Fields, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2016 7:50AM

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