Site Event/Activity record ECC955 - Trial Pits at 17 Beverley Road, Colchester, 1930s
Location
Location | 17 Beverley Road, Colchester |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 9868 2481 (206m by 39m) |
Map sheet | TL92SE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Hall, A. F. (Mr)
Date
Mid 1930's
Description
Several trial pits were excavated in the garden of No.17 Beverley Road <1> in an attempt to locate the ditch of a suspected military camp. The pits had to be sunk to a depth of 10 or 11 ft. The results were not very convincing, but did reveal a crossing point and rounded ditch about 16 ft. wide and 5 ft. deep. Three furnaces (a possible crematorium) and an inhumation were also found during the trenching.<2>
Sources/Archives (2)
Related Monuments/Buildings (5)
- MCC2160 Roman ditch ('camp ditch'), Colchester Royal Grammar School, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2164 Roman furnace, Royal Grammar School, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2165 Roman furnace, Royal Grammar School, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2166 Roman furnace, Royal Grammar School, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2163 Roman inhumation burial, 17 Beverley Road, Colchester (Element)
Record last edited
Feb 9 2016 8:06AM