Monument record MCC8279 - Castle grounds
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 9980 2538 (point) |
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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> SEX33867 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