MCC116 - Undated curvilinear enclosure, Sheepen, Colchester - Colchester Heritage Explorer

Monument record MCC116 - Undated curvilinear enclosure, Sheepen, Colchester

Summary

Undated small curvilinear enclosure with internal pits, recorded as a cropmark by aerial photography.

Location

Grid reference	TL 9869 2537 (point)
Map sheet	TL92NE
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Type and Period (1)

OVAL ENCLOSURE (Late Iron Age to Late Roman Colonia - 100 BC? to 409 AD?)

Full Description

A small curvilinear enclosure with internal pits. Plotted from AP's.<1> Not dated but situated in extensive late Iron Age / Roman Landscape.

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SCC437 Cartographic materials: RCHME. 1994. National Mapping Programme Quarter sheet TL92NE. Overlay. MORPH 371.27.1.

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Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument: Site of pre-Roman settlement (Sheepen)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Interpretation: Co-op site, Long Wyre Street, Colchester, 1956 (Ref: ECC440) (ECC440)

Record last edited

Sep 19 2017 1:14PM

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