Monument record MCC2602 - Enclosure, West House Farm
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 9736 2609 (point) |
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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> SCC622 Cartographic materials: RCHME. 1997. National Mapping Programme Quarter sheet TL92NE.
- <2> SCC110 Serial: Hawkes, Christopher, F. C. & Crummy, Philip. 1995. CAR 11: Camulodunum II. 11. p137, No69.
- <3> SCC161 Serial: Colchester Museums. 1962. Colchester Museum Reports 1934-1962. 1950-4, p.53.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 18 2017 8:51AM