Monument record MCC8279 - Castle grounds

Summary

Inhumation burials "described as almost certainly of Saxon date".

Location

Grid reference TL 9980 2538 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Two parallel walls between which Laver found 2 red concrete floors (see 13005). On them were inhumation burials "described as almost certainly of Saxon date" - "these lay under the Norman rampart but whether sealed by it or not we do not know". Laver records 5 skeletons (in the notebook `many') laid side by side, the feet alternately E and W. The heads were protected by pieces of Roman tile laid on either side, with another laid across the top. There were no objects deposited with them. They showed no trace of violence. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: Hull, MR. 1958. Roman Colchester. pp178-179.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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