Element record MCC3100 - WWII Anti-tank ditch at Montgomery County Junior and Infant School, Baronswood Way, Colchester
Summary
A wide N-S aligned modern ditch F1, that it is almost certainly of military origin, was defined at the east of of Trench 4 of a trial-trenched evaluation in 2014.
Location
| Grid reference | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
| County | ESSEX |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
The fill contained modern material including ash, modern brick and peg-tile fragments and barbed wire, although it would appear from the report that the feature was not sampled/sectioned.<1> The ditch was intepreted as a (possible) continuation of the WWII anti-tank ditch, forming part of the Colchester stop line, excavated on Garrison Area 10 (1km to the north-east), in 2003 (ECC2551).<1>
No further investigation took place.
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SCC1087 Evaluation Report: Holloway, B. and Brooks, H.. 2014. Archaeological trial-trenching evaluation at Montgomery County Junior and Infant School, Baronswood Way, Colchester, Essex. CAT Report 776.
- <2> SCC712 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.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Jan 12 2017 8:51AM