Find Spot record MCC1332 - Late Iron Age Pottery, Fire Station, Cowdray Avenue, Colchester

Summary

Late Iron Age and Pre Boudican Roman Pottery, recorded in 1943.

Location

Grid reference TL 99738 26044 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

A handwritten note in the paper Colchester SMR records a spread of Roman pottery from the site of the New Fire Station in 1943. The pottery included fragments of Roman amphora and fine wares (see paper SMR for more details).<1> Hull mentions this site briefly, recording that the pottery 'was all of the period A.D.5-60'.<1>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Unknown. 1943. SMR file: Cowdray Ave, New Fire Station.
  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p.258.

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Record last edited

Jan 4 2017 8:31AM

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