Monument record MCC5669 - Wallace's Field, Bellhouse pit, Stanway, Colchester

Summary

Watching Brief at Wallace's Field, Bellhouse pit, Stanway, Colchester

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9485 2215 (212m by 157m)
Map sheet TL92SW
Civil Parish STANWAY, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Wallace's Field lies 800m WSW of the Stanway burial enclosures, where excavations in 1988-96 revealed rich late Iron Age and early Roman burials.

A watching brief was maintained during topsoil-stripping prior to mineral extraction. A number of prehsitoric flints and Roman posherds, and a single prehistoric potsherd, were recorded in unstratified positions. Five feature were also recorded, all of them charcoally features lying directly beneath the topsoil. They are undated, but it is very liikely that they were created by the recent burning and removal of trees.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: Brooks, Howard. 2001. Wallace's Field, Tarmac Colchester Quarry, Stanway, Colchester.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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