Monument record MCC7880 - Colchester - Kent Blaxhill Site

Summary

Post Medieval remains excavated before rebuilding after a fire in 1953 included a C17 pit and pottery and food bones from * up the filling of the Norman castle ditch.

Location

Grid reference TL 9984 2525 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

Post Medieval remains excavated before rebuilding after a fire in 1953 included a C17 pit and pottery and food bones from * up the filling of the Norman castle ditch. These must predate the first houses on the site - c.1680. The pottery is c.1650 onwards and Hull suggests the deposit is connected with the siege of 1648. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Article in serial: Hull, M.R.. 1955. The South Wing of the Roman 'Forum' at Colchester : Recent Discoveries. Essex Archaeological Society's Transactions Vol. XXV (New Series), Part 1, 24-61. NS, Vol 25, Part 1, pp.24-61.

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2018 10:39AM

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