Element record MCC2824 - Undated human skull, 3 Beverley Road, Colchester

Summary

A human skull, probably from a disturbed inhumation burial, was found during the digging out and widening of a cellar to the rear of 3 Beverley Road in 2004.

Location

Grid reference TL 98599 24830 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

Below the southern wall of the cellar, at 2.2m depth, contractors had disturbed the skull of an inhumation of an adult, with the head to the west, facing north. The skull was almost complete and the lower jaw was present. It is thought that the body was laid on its side with its hands to its chest as the broken radius and ulna to one arm plus two finger bones were also surviving, near the head. A grave cut could be determined, cut into the natural sand and gravel. Only a 600mm length of the grave was exposed as the eastern part of the body was outside the limit of the excavation and had probably been partially removed by the cellar foundation. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Orr, Kate (CAT). 2004. Watching brief at 3 Beverley Road, Colchester. CAT.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Dec 19 2016 3:38PM

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