Element record MCC2184 - Roman cremation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 557, Colchester

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Roman burial, Sheepen Grave Group 557, recorded during investigations in the 1930s.

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Grid reference TL 98672 25293 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Roman grave group 557. Two vessels found close together and inserted above and into a deposit of broken flagons and other fragments from the kilns at Sheepen (Pit F; pots 1 & 2). One is a wide bowl of pale grey micaceous ware. f299.

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  • <1> Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Unknown. Inventory of Grave Groups. No 557.
  • <2> Monograph: Swan, Vivien G.. 1984. The Pottery Kilns of Roman Britain. Supplementary Series 5. p.93 (Plan) Pit F.

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Oct 26 2016 1:41PM

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