Monument record MCC7694 - Layer Dyke
Summary
A trench was cut by Bryan Blake in 1962 across the line of a dyke at this point.
Location
| Grid reference | TL 9633 2015 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL92SE |
| Civil Parish | LAYER-DE-LA-HAYE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A trench was cut by Bryan Blake in 1962 across the line of a dyke at this point. There is no record of this in Colchester Museum except for four photographs in the Prehistoric Collection marked `Layer Dyke'. Mrs de Brisay remembers it as showing that the dyke ran north-west to south-east along the line of the road to Woodhouse Farm. <1> AP's of the dyke at this point in McMaster coll. <2>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SEX70673 DESC TEXT: Colchester Museum. 1997. The Colchester Iron Age Dyke System - An Integrated Management Plan.
- --- SEX70674 DESC TEXT: Colchester Museum. 1997. The Colchester Iron Age Dyke System - A Programme of Works.
- --- SEX70675 DESC TEXT: Colchester Museum. 1997. The Colchester Iron Age Dyke System - Task Plans.
- <1> SEX34565 DESC TEXT: de Brisay, K. unknown. SMR.
- <2> SEX34566 AP: unknown. 1979. 1.21-22.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Nov 3 2015 11:41AM