Monument record MCC686 - Roman building (CAT Building 16), Lion Walk, Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 99665 25098 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
No walls were found apart from those in the south-west corner where there was a gravel-and-tile foundation which survived only in section. The frontage of the building contained workshops. These contained three small structures: a tile hearth (JF510), a strip of intensely burnt daub, and a furnace for bronze working. The tile hearth had to the west a heavily burnt patch of daub cut by stake holes. Probably the hearth was of several phases so that the tiles were first, the burnt patch second and the stake-holes last. The form of its superstructure is obscure but it probably incorporated the group of broken tile (JF509) found to the north of the hearth. The furnace had been built directly on top of redeposited Boudican debris. Associated with the hearth were some crucible fragments, forging slag, furnace lining, ?Flavian samian and a coin of AD 64-68.<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC100 Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1981. CAR 3: Excavations at Lion Walk, Balkerne Lane and Middleborough, Colchester, Essex. 3. pp.50-52.
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Record last edited
Oct 14 2016 2:13PM