Element record MCC2187 - Roman cremation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 549, Colchester

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Roman burial, Sheepen Grave Group 549, recorded during investigations in the 1930s.

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Grid reference TL 98640 25281 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Grave group 549, found at Sheepen. Remains of an amphora, f187, found upright in the ground 6ft west of 302 may well have belonged to another similar burial. Fragments of a jar f268 were found close by.<1><2>

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  • <1> Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Unknown. Inventory of Grave Groups. No 549.
  • <2> Monograph: Swan, Vivien G.. 1984. The Pottery Kilns of Roman Britain. Supplementary Series 5. p.93 (Plan).

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Oct 26 2016 1:44PM

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