Find Spot record MCC2809 - Late Iron Age/early Roman pottery, west of Colchester General Hospital (Northern Approach Road), Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 99200 27393 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
County | ESSEX |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
There was one large group of material (3.16kg) coming from the ditch F124 in Trench T10. The majority of the pottery consisted of local coarse grey wares with soft fabrics, often with some grog temper, of late Iron Age/early Roman date, and there are only two sherds in well-fired Roman grey ware. There were also a number of imports with fine wares represented by terra rubra, terra nigra and South Gaulish samian, and other imported vessels represented by amphorae and possibly by mortaria. Overall the pottery is comparable to that from the Sheepen site at Colchester and most, if not all, can be dated to the late Iron Age/early Roman (pre-Flavian) period.<1><2><3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SCC732 Evaluation Report: Crossan, Carl (CAT). 2001. An archaeological evaluation on land west of Colchester General Hospital (NHS Estates West District Site) Colchester, Essex. CAT Report 165, p.4.
- <2> SCC99 Monograph: Hawkes, C.F.C. and Hull, M.R.. 1947. Camulodunum: First Report on the Excavations at Colchester 1930-1939.
- <3> SCC118 Serial: Niblett, Rosalind. 1985. Sheepen: an early Roman industrial site at Camulodunum. 57.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Dec 19 2016 1:20PM