Building record MCC4921 - 79 Hythe Hill
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 0137 2464 (121m by 84m) |
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Map sheet | TM02SW |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
In the C15 - 16 earlier house was rebuilt and enlarged into a five- roomed structure. Although the earlier structure was domestic, this later atructure may have contained shops/ industrial units as blacksmithing debris was found on one of the floors. In the C16- 17, There was further building work primarily the insertion of a chimney breast.
There was a certain amount of C18 brickwork and quite a lot of Victorian brickwork on the site. The archaeological deposits connected with the later history of the site have been removed by recent terracing, and as a consequence the adjacent plot (to the West) stands higher than the present site level <1>. A witches bottle was Found <2>. <3>.
<1> - <4>.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SEX60169 DESC TEXT: Brooks, H. 1995. Colchester, 79 Hythe Hill.
- <2> SEX60170 DESC TEXT: unknown. 1995. Relic of medieval fears..
- <3> SEX60171 DESC TEXT: Smith, A. 1995. Battle of Wizardry repelled witches but not bulldozers..
- <4> SEX60172 DESC TEXT: Brooks, Howard. 1995. Excavations on the former Colchester Tractor Site, 79 Hythe Hill, Colchester/ Archive Report..
Finds (1)
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Record last edited
Nov 3 2015 11:41AM