Element record MCC492 - Medieval oven, Butt Road, Colchester

Summary

Medieval, large circular oven, recorded in excavations between 1976-9.

Location

Grid reference TL 99304 24847 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

A large circular oven was excavated close to the northern boundary of the site at Butt Road (feature HF27). The oven was 2m in diameter, with foundations of daub and rubble, mainly broken tile, greensand, flint and septaria, laid on a rectangular bed of clay measuring about 3.5m by 3m. The lower part of the oven wall was of daub reinforced in places with tile fragments and rubble. No definitive dating evidence was recovered, but from the layer of charcoal at the mouth of the oven came a single sherd dated to the 13th-14th century, and several sherds of similar date derived from the material above the oven. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Serial: Crummy, Philip. 1993. CAR 9:Excavations of Roman and later cemeteries, churches and monastic sites in Colchester, 1971-8. 9. p.163.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 14 2016 9:36AM

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