Element Group record MCC2815 - Roman pits, adjacent to 2 Alexandra Road, Colchester

Summary

Roman pit dated to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, recorded by evaluation in 2002.

Location

Grid reference TL 99258 24759 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

In the northern third of the site (T3), there was a covering of 0.8m of post-medieval and modern material lying over Roman deposits which were themselves approximately 1.0m deep. Although the removal of the Roman soil deposit (L5/L8) revealed Roman pits and other cuts, no cut lines were visible. The pottery suggested activity in the 2nd and third centuries. T1 and T2 showed that the southern two-thirds of the site had been disturbed by post-medieval or modern pits to a depth between 1.6m and 2.3m below ground level.<1>

Note there was a large quantity of Roman building debris (brick, roof-tile and tesserae) from this site.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Evaluation Report: Brooks, Howard (CAT). 2002. An archaeological evaluation on land adjacent to 2 Alexandra Road, Colchester, Essex. CAT Report 187.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Dec 19 2016 2:37PM

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