Monument record MCC1536 - Lexden Mount, Colchester
Summary
Roman burial mound at Lexden (Wordsworth Road).
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 96861 24871 (34m by 34m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL92SE |
| County | ESSEX |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
Lexden Mount is a large circular, flat-topped earthwork or mound of presumed Roman date, 31.7m in diameter x 5.3m high.
Excavations in 1910 (ECC649) by the Morant Club, under the direction of H. Laver and F. Reader, failed to find a burial and to date it accurately although small quantities of Roman pottery and tile were recovered.<1><2>
Adkins & Petchey (1984, p.150) list Lexden Mount as 'a post-Roman non-sepulchral mound', a possible hundred meeting place.<3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SCC138 Serial: The Essex Society for Archaeology and History. 1913. Vol. 12 (New Series) Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. XII (New Series). pp.186-192.
- <2> SCC72824 Monograph: Gascoyne, Adrian and Radford, David. 2013. Colchester. Fortress of the War God. An Archaeological Assessment. p.202.
- <3> SCC72832 Article in serial: Adkins, R.A. & Petchey, M.R.. 1984. Secklow Hundred Mound and Other Meeting Place Mounds in England. 141:1, 243-251. p.150.
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Record last edited
May 3 2016 2:11PM