Element record MCC558 - Roman occupation site A3 Sheepen, Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 98527 25676 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Occupation site A3. A ring-like clay wall-bank surrounded a nearly flat floor of sand, in which two shallow pits had been hollowed. The whole was filled with blackened occupation earth, seamed in the two pits with spreads of clean sand, which produced pottery, a coin of Cunobelin, food-animal bones and oyster shells, iron nails and five pieces of Roman tile, clay wall-daub, and an iron latch lifter; no trace of any wall-timbers could be found. The site sits over a c.AD 60 ditch which 'makes its dating in the years immediately after the revolt of AD 61 an absolute certainty. The design of the hut was furthermore entirely of native type'.<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. p.95.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Oct 17 2016 9:22AM