MCC2069 - Anglo-Saxon pottery, Telephone Exchange site, West Stockwell Street, Colchester

Find Spot record MCC2069 - Anglo-Saxon pottery, Telephone Exchange site, West Stockwell Street, Colchester

Summary

Anglo-Saxon pottery discovered during excavations at the Telephone Exchange in 1966.

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Grid reference	TL 99500 25330 (point)
Map sheet	TL92NE
County	ESSEX
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Medieval Colchester I. - 500 AD? to 800 AD?)

Full Description

A fragment of hand-made Anglo-Saxon pottery discovered in a robber trench at the Telephone Exchange site in 1966 (ECC657) and dated to the 6th-8th centuries.<1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SCC73042 Article in serial: Dunnett, B.R.K.. 1971. Excavations in Colchester, 1964-8. Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society Vol. 3, Part 1. pp.24-25.
<2> SCC45 Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1981. CAR 1: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester. 1. p.7.

Finds (1)

VESSEL (Early Medieval Colchester I. - 500 AD? to 800 AD?)

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None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: Excavation of the Telephone Exchange Site, West Stockwell Street, Colchester, 1966 (Ref: ECC657) (ECC657)

Record last edited

Dec 8 2016 2:46PM