Element record MCC586 - Late Iron Age occupation site K2, Sheepen, Colchester

Summary

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

Location

Grid reference TL 98651 25372 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

Site K2 was 14ft across and hollowed 9" into the sand; its dirty sandy filling yielded Late Iron Age pottery.<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.124.

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Record last edited

Oct 17 2016 9:12AM

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