Element record MCC2394 - Roman oven, 5 Balkerne Gardens, Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 99336 25212 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
County | ESSEX |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
A Roman oven or furnace was discovered during excavations at 5 Balkerne Gardens (now Parsley House) in 1965 (ECC659). The oven consisted of a small, rectangular tiled hearth surrounded by stake holes which were probably the remains of a domed wattle and daub superstructure. The clay floor of the surrounding area had been baked hard and in one trench numerous pieces of slag were found on the floor suggesting that the oven may in fact have been a small smith's furnace. The oven was one of three (see also MCC2393 and MCC2395).<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <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. p.51.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Dec 8 2016 3:51PM