Element record MCC3009 - Late Neolithic pit, Area C2, Garrison Urban Village, Colchester

Summary

Late Neolithic pit with a number of residual pottery sherds and worked flint, recorded in 2004.

Location

Grid reference TL 9971 2446 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

A single Late Neolithic pit, c.0.80m in diameter x 0.28m deep, was recorded in Area C2 of the Garrison site, along with a small number of residual Late Neolithic pottery sherds and several pieces of prehistoric worked flint. The pit had been partially cut away by a later Roman urned cremation burial and was located within the centre of a Roman ring ditch. It is not clear whether the placement of the Roman barrow burial over the pit was deliberate or accidental. Several sherds of Peterborough Ware and a Beaker rim were recorded from the pit and environmental evidence revealed that the fill of the pit was at least partly derived from burnt 'domestic' refuse.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> EXCAV REPORT: Pooley, L., Holloway, B., Crummy, P. (CAT) and Masefield, R. (RPS Grp). 2006. Assessment report on the archaeological investigations carried out on Areas C1, C2, E, J1, O, Q and S1 of the Alienated Land, Colchester Garrison, including the Time Team trenches and the Alienated Land watching brief. CAT Report 361, p.30.

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Record last edited

Jan 12 2017 8:43AM

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