Element record MCC1714 - Disarticulated Roman? human bones, Maidenburgh Street, Colchester

Summary

Disarticulated Roman? human bones, Maidenburgh Street, recorded during a watching brief in 1982.

Location

Grid reference TL 99752 25309 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Workmen found human bones above the surviving part of a tessellated pavement. They were not articulated (apparently) and were presumably mixed with soil and in a ?post-Roman feature.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1992. CAR 6: Excavations at Culver Street, the Gilberd School, and other sites in Colchester 1971-85. 6. p.368.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Dec 11 2016 2:49PM

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