Element record MCC2933 - Late Iron Age cremation burial

Summary

A Late Iron Age cremation burial pit excavated in 2003.

Location

Grid reference TL 98895 22978 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

A Late Iron Age cremation burial pit which appears to have been deliberately placed at a point close to a field boundary was excavation on site in 2003. The circular burial pit contained four complete pots arranged upright around one edge, a fragment of sheet iron (from a pyre deposit?) and a spread of the cremated bone of an adult, sex unknown. The pots are dated to the Late Iron Age. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> EXCAV REPORT: Brooks, Howard (CAT) and Masefield, Robert (RPS Group). 2005. The Colchester Garrison PFI project, Colchester Essex: a report on the 2002 excavation of Areas 2, 6, 10. CAT Report 292, pg 15.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 22 2009 2:29PM

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