Element Group record MCC100 - Element Group, Angel Yard, Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 99631 25253 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
1848 Parish | ST RUNWALD |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (7)
- PIT (Early Roman Colonia - 61 AD? to 100 AD?)
- MIDDEN (Early Roman Colonia - 75 AD? to 100 AD?)
- PIT (Early Roman Colonia to Medieval Colchester I. - 100 AD? to 1200 AD?)
- ROBBER TRENCH (Early Medieval Colchester II. to Medieval Colchester I. - 1000 AD? to 1200 AD?)
- STAKE HOLE (Medieval Colchester I. to Medieval Colchester II. - 1200 AD? to 1400 AD?)
- GULLY (Medieval Colchester I. to Medieval Colchester II. - 1200 AD? to 1400 AD?)
- PIT (Medieval Colchester I. to Medieval Colchester II. - 1200 AD? to 1400 AD?)
Full Description
Area to north-west of MCC87 (CAT Building 171) revealed Roman features which had survived later terracing of the site. They included pits and stake-holes cutting the Boudican destruction layer, a late 1st century midden deposit, also cut by pits and a gravel filled trench and hearth. No unequivocal Roman structural features were revealed in this area.
Evidence for Anglo-Saxon activity on the site took the form of a shallow pit containing grass-tempered pottery (MCC101) and possibly some later pits. Roman foundations were robbed for stone mainly in the 11th and 13th centuries, as evidenced by robber trenches. Away from the High Street frontage, the dark earth was cut by a large number of pits, mostly of late 12th or 13th century date. Gullies and a large number of stake holes were also discovered cutting the top of the dark earth, especially in the north-west corner. Together with a hearth and two possible foundations (MCC108 and MCC109), these indicate ephemeral structures of probable 13th- to 14th-century date.
East of MCC106 (CAT Building 177), medieval activity was represented by pits dug both before and after the demolition of the building c.AD 1500.<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC49 Article in serial: Shimmin, Don and Carter, G. (CAT). 1996. Excavations at Angel Yard, High Street, Colchester, 1986 and 1989. pp.38-42.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 19 2017 1:09PM