Element record MCC2759 - Cremation recorded in 1925

Summary

Cremations recorded during construction of sports pitch in 1925.

Location

Grid reference TL 99451 24372 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Roman burials found on Garrison Sports Field <1><2> In 1925 P.G. Laver recorded around 28 burials located directly west of the garrison football field and SE of the circular road north. A map in the Laver Papers plots these although not to scale and a traced copy of this is bound into Hulls notes <3> The area is now the garrison athletics track and the south eastern edge of the rugby pitch.

CAT Report 206 includes a map showing the positions of these cremations <4>.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p.296, No 200.
  • <2> Index: Essex County Council. 1972. Colchester SMR (computer). SMR 13199.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Roman Colchester II: Extramural and Walls. II. pink map AF16.
  • <4> Evaluation Report: Brooks, Howard (CAT). 2002. An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching on Areas A, B, D, GJ H, J, N, V and YP at Colchester Garrison PFI site, Colchester, Essex. Fig 10, CAT Report 206.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 11 2016 2:05PM

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