Element record MCC501 - Late Iron Age/Roman occupation site, Sheepen F15, Colchester

Summary

Late Iron Age/Roman occupation site at Sheepen, recorded during excavations in the 1930s.

Location

Grid reference TL 98734 25908 (point)
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> 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

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