Element record MCC2189 - Roman cremation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 550, Colchester

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Roman cremation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 550, recorded in 1933.

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Grid reference TL 98642 25253 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Roman burial, Sheepen Grave Group 550. A single large urn of slate-grey ware f280, with horizontal lines on upper part of body. The excavation for this burial was dug into the filling of the stokehole of Kiln 2 in Area Y, 1933.<1>

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  • <1> Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Unknown. Inventory of Grave Groups. No 550.
  • <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 1:46PM

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