Site Event/Activity record ECC966 - Excavation of the Castle Chapel, Colchester, 1988

Location

Location Castle Park, Colchester
Grid reference TL 9984 2530 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

1988

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Excavation of the castle chapel ahead of the construction of a new building purposefully built to house the remains. The chapel project was sponsored by the builders merchants Kent Blaxhill to celebrate 150 years of trading in Colchester.<1> After removal of the 19th century roof, the floor of the chapel was cleaned and recorded in detail. Nothing of the original floor surface appeared to have survived.<2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Serial: Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd.. 1988. The Colchester Archaeologist (Issue Number 2) 1988-9. No 2. p1.
  • <2> Serial: Council for British Archaeology. 1990. Archaeology in Britain 1988. 1988.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Colchester Castle, Colchester (Monument)

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Feb 9 2016 8:24AM

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