Monument record MCC7874 - Colchester - Jacklin's Cafe
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 9949 2519 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Large amounts of broken burnt pottery, melted glass vessels, found during the construction of the cafe. They were stored in stacks, apparently as part of shop stock. Pottery mostly samian. Dating suggests the burning was part of the Boudiccan destruction. A similar discovery was made on the opposite side of the High Street under Curry's. <1> <2> Hull visited the site but no more could be collected. What was found "is probably not one hundredth part of what remains". In 1929 the adjacent site to the W was cleared. Two holes were dug and found remains of daub which had been baked as red and hard as brick. Below the daub was a thin stratum of burnt earth or clay, black in colour and lying on sand showing signs of burning. Presumably the dark layer was the floor of the building. Most of the pottery is samian. Colour coated wares were also found, as were fine glass wares. It seems that samian was piled on the floor or a lower shelf with the glass on the shelf above. The roof of the shop must have been wood or thatch as no tiles were found. Other finds included a jar, a number of short perforated bone cylinders, held to have been used as hinges. Later remains were few and little is known of this period, though apparently the remains of the shop were simply levelled for next use of the site. <3>
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SEX9511 DESC TEXT: Priddy, DA. unknown. SMR.
- <2> SEX35550 DESC TEXT: Crummy, P. 1986. In Search of Colchester's Past. pp14-15.
- <3> SEX35572 DESC TEXT: Hull, MR. 1958. Roman Colchester. pp153-158.
- <4> SEX8742 DESC TEXT: Colchester Museum. 1928. Col Mus Rep. p30ff.
- <5> SEX10 Artifact: Colchester Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Col Mus.
- <6> SEX373 DESC TEXT: Trans Essex Archaeological Soc. unknown. Trans Essex Archaeol Soc. New Series, Vol 19, pp277-278.
- <7> SEX373 DESC TEXT: Trans Essex Archaeological Soc. unknown. Trans Essex Archaeol Soc. New Series, Vol 20, p211.
- <8> SEX6688 DESC TEXT: Antiquaries Journal. unknown. Antiq J. New Series, Vol 9, p37.
Finds (19)
- BOTTLE (Colchester Roman Fortress to Early Roman Colonia - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- VESSEL (Colchester Roman Fortress to Early Roman Colonia - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- BEAD (Colchester Roman Fortress to Early Roman Colonia - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- PIN (Colchester Roman Fortress to Early Roman Colonia - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- PESTLE (Colchester Roman Fortress to Early Roman Colonia - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- WORKED OBJECT (Colchester Roman Fortress to Early Roman Colonia - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- HINGE (Colchester Roman Fortress to Early Roman Colonia - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- VESSEL (Colchester Roman Fortress to Early Roman Colonia - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- LAMP (Colchester Roman Fortress to Early Roman Colonia - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- VESSEL (Colchester Roman Fortress to Early Roman Colonia - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- BOWL (Colchester Roman Fortress to Early Roman Colonia - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Early Roman Colonia - 117 AD to 138 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Early Roman Colonia - 270 AD to 273 AD)
- COIN (Late Roman Colonia - 300 AD to 400 AD)
- COIN (Late Roman Colonia - 300 AD to 400 AD)
- COIN (Late Roman Colonia - 367 AD to 393 AD)
- VESSEL (Early Roman Colonia to Late Roman Colonia - 200 AD to 400 AD)
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Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Nov 3 2015 11:41AM