Monument record MCC2602 - Enclosure, West House Farm

Summary

Early or Middle Iron Age? enclosure, cropmark MORPH 371.1.1

Location

Grid reference TL 9736 2609 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Early or Middle Iron Age? enclosure, cropmark MORPH 371.1.1 .<1> A second enclosure is recorded to south west MORPH371.4.1 bur this may be part of MORPH371.1.1?

A trench was dug across the south side of the enclosure at West House Farm. The ditch was about 3ft 6" (1.1m) deep below the base of the modern topsoil and about 16ft (4.9m) wide. The 'loam' shown in the section can probably be equated with silt at the base of the ditch whereas the 'gravely loam' can be taken to be the back fill, presumably the bank redeposited into the partially silted up ditch. In the 'loam' was found some pottery now lost but apparently datable from the 8th century to c30BC, whereas in the gravely loam was found a piece of Roman tile. Although not proved conclusively, the earthwork may have been Early or Middle Iron Age or Earlier <2><3>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Cartographic materials: RCHME. 1997. National Mapping Programme Quarter sheet TL92NE.
  • <2> Serial: Hawkes, Christopher, F. C. & Crummy, Philip. 1995. CAR 11: Camulodunum II. 11. p137, No69.
  • <3> Serial: Colchester Museums. 1962. Colchester Museum Reports 1934-1962. 1950-4, p.53.

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Record last edited

Sep 18 2017 8:51AM

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