Find Spot record MCC2071 - Anglo-Saxon pottery, rear of 5 North Hill, Colchester

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Anglo-Saxon pottery discovered during diggings for an air-raid shelter at the rear of 5 North Hill in 1940.

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Grid reference TL 99473 25311 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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During excavations for an air-raid shelter at the rear of 4 and 5 North Hill (ECC710) the rim of a 'hand-made bowl of thick black ware, with leathery, polished exterior' (CMR 1937-44).<1><2>

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  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p.68 and p.150,.
  • <2> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1981. CAR 1: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester. 1. p.7.

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Nov 1 2016 8:35AM

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