MCC7287 - Colchester - North Hill, 17 and 18 - Colchester Heritage Explorer

Find Spot record MCC7287 - Colchester - North Hill, 17 and 18

Summary

Removal of tessellated pavement (see 12438) revealed a bed of red concrete, overlying an earlier floor of red concrete.

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Grid reference	TL 9942 2540 (point)
Map sheet	TL92NE
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Late Roman Colonia - 700 BC to 409 AD)

Full Description

Removal of tessellated pavement (see 12438) revealed a bed of red concrete, overlying an earlier floor of red concrete. Beneath the latter was a fine yellow sand which contained fragments of Gallo-Belgic pottery. <1>

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<1> SEX33867 DESC TEXT: Hull, MR. 1958. Roman Colchester. pp.78-79.

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VESSEL (Early Iron Age to Late Roman Colonia - 700 BC to 409 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Conservation Area: Colchester Town Centre Conservation Area

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Archaeological Intervention: PART EXCAV by Laver, H, (Ref: ?) (ECC3239)

Record last edited

Jul 6 2017 9:48AM