Element record MCC582 - Late Iron Age occupation site L6, Sheepen, Colchester

Summary

Late Iron Age occupation area at Sheepen, recorded during the 1930s excavations.

Location

Grid reference TL 98656 25465 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

Site L6, a saucer-shaped occupation hollow in the sand, 1ft deep (3ft from modern surface) in the middle and 22ft in diameter; it yielded Late Iron Age Pottery, but no visible structural features.<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. p.123.

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Record last edited

Oct 17 2016 9:11AM

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