Element Group record MCC3065 - Group of features outside the Medieval Abbey Church of St John's, Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 9980 2475 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92SE |
County | ESSEX |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Features outside church (to the west): <1>
F34: Dark soil deposit with abundant oyster shell - large pit outside church? Unexcavated. Cut through by robber trench F33. Only residual Roman finds.
F35: Pit, lots of whole oyster shell as well as small inclusions. Not excavated. Mostly outside of trench.
F36: Post-hole, c.30cm diameter, cutting natural L4. Not excavated.
F38: Unexcavated large pit (or complex of pits) all with very similar medium brown silty sand fills). Post-med finds and residual Roman CBM. Perhaps associated with robbing/demolition?
F40: Pit with dark fill cutting mortar rich deposits (F41) next to church masonry F39. Straight sided with a flat base. Slate observed in fill (according to notes).
Post-medieval pit complex B – outside church (to the west)
F43: Large pit which is presumed to abut (rather than cut) masonry F39. Dark soil fill. Presumed to be post-med or later.
F44: B. Earlier pit in pit complex series.
F45: Sub-square looking pit cutting robbing material F46.
Pit complex C: late post-medieval pits cutting robber trench F1.
These pits clearly post-date the 17th century robbing of the church, and their finds indicate that they probably post-date the Lucas House. Probably associated with military use of site.
F25 :One of a series of pits in a row along southern edge of Trench 3. Possible more pits in Pit complex C series may have been lost when F1 SX 2 was excavated. Fill was dark and contained post-med/mod pot, CBM and small coal frags. Quite a bit of F25 was beneath a modern foundation.
F30: Based on shape could have been two pits. Half sectioned to retrieve finds and find out depth. Pot, peg-tile and clay pipe recovered. Dark fill, cut F1 SX3- which was notably solid in base of pit.
F31: One, or two pits, unexcavated.
F32: Unexcavated post-medieval pit.
F48: Photographed as F25 when it was believed that F25 was a linear. Certainly another discrete pit in series of pits.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC1053 Evaluation Report: Wightman, Adam (CAT). 2011. St Johns Abbey church: An evaluation at the Garrison Officers Club, St Johns Green, Colchester, Essex.. CAT report 601.
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Record last edited
Jan 10 2017 9:45AM