Element record MCC501 - Late Iron Age/Roman occupation site, Sheepen F15, Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 98734 25908 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
Site F15 was a large oval dwelling 40ft by 26ft surrounded by a low wall bank. This had been made by removing the natural loam over the enclosed area to leave the underlying gravel surface as the floor; on the N the bank was hard to distinguish from the natural loam, but on the S it was gravelly, and had been reinforced on the inside. The 15" thickness of occupation earth within was devoid of stratification, and its beginning in the Late Iron Age is inferred only from the large amount of native and other pre-conquest pottery. Two coins of Cunobelin were also found. The structure appears to have continued into the Roman period given the later pottery recovered.<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC99 Monograph: Hawkes, C.F.C. and Hull, M.R.. 1947. Camulodunum: First Report on the Excavations at Colchester 1930-1939. pp.66-68..
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Record last edited
Oct 17 2016 11:09AM