Source/Archive record SCC45 - CAR 1: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester

Title CAR 1: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester
Author/Originator
Date/Year 1981
International Standard Book Number 0 906780 06 3

Abstract/Summary

Reports the significant results of excavations between 1971 and 1977 which concern Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester.

Description

Published by the Council for British Archaeology. CBA Report 39. Copyright of Colchester Archaeological Trust, Department of Environment and Council for British Archaeology.

Location

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd CBC

Referenced Monuments (91)

  • 11th century Town Ditch, Lion Walk Site N, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo Saxon cemetery, Butt Road Sandpit (Monument)
  • Anglo Saxon eleventh century ditch, Priory Street (Element)
  • Anglo-Saxon buckle, Butt Lane Sand Pit, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Guilford Road Estate (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Union Grounds (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon cremation Urn, Meanee Barracks, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon finds from Lion Walk, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon finds from outside north-east circuit of town, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon finds, 10 Mersea Road, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon finds, Mersea Road, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon Hut 1, Lion Walk, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon Hut 2, Lion Walk, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon Inhumation outside north-east corner of town, Colchester (Element)
  • Anglo-Saxon loom-weight, 47 Head Street, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon pottery from St John's Abbey, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon pottery, rear of 5 North Hill, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon pottery, Telephone Exchange site, West Stockwell Street, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon Sceatta, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon Seax Blade, River Colne, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon Seax, River Colne, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon Spearhead, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon strap end, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon? Burials, Castle Park Bowling Green, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon? Church Street, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon? Culver Street, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon? finds, Butt Road Sandpit, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Anglo-Saxon? Maidenburgh Street, Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon? Queen Street (Southgate Street), Colchester (Monument)
  • Anglo-Saxon? Trinity Street, Colchester (Monument)
  • Bronze Anglo Saxon strap-end (Find Spot)
  • Brooch fragment from Head Street (Find Spot)
  • Church of All Saints, High Street, Colchester (Building)
  • Coin found in Queen Street garden (Find Spot)
  • Early Anglo-Saxon Cremation, Meanee Barracks, Colchester (Monument)
  • Early Anglo-Saxon pottery, North Hill, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Early Medieval North Hill, Colchester (Monument)
  • Early medieval stone house, Pelham's Lane, Colchester (Monument)
  • East Stockwell Street, Colchester (Monument)
  • Eld Lane, Colchester (Monument)
  • Finds from 1950 Castle Park excavation (Find Spot)
  • Finds from Balkerne Hill excavation 1973-6 (Find Spot)
  • Finds from St John's Abbey Precinct, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Finds from the 1925 excavation at 18 North Hill, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Imported Merovingian vessel, Old Heath, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Late Medieval cemetery, St John's Abbey precinct, Colchester (Monument)
  • Late Roman and Anglo-Saxon finds from the Cups Hotel, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Late Saxon? Church walk, Colchester (Monument)
  • Lion Walk (Early Medieval Street), Colchester (Monument)
  • Medieval Abbey church of St John's, Colchester (Monument)
  • Medieval Balkerne Hill, Colchester (Monument)
  • Medieval building, 147-151 High Street, Colchester (Element Group)
  • Medieval cemetery, St John's Abbey monks burial ground, Colchester (Monument)
  • Medieval Crouch Street, Colchester (Monument)
  • Medieval East Hill, East Street, Colchester (Monument)
  • Medieval Long Wyre Street, Colchester (Monument)
  • Medieval Priory Street, Colchester (Monument)
  • Medieval St Helen's Lane, Colchester (Monument)
  • Medieval stone hall, Castle Park, Colchester (Monument)
  • Medieval stone house (CAT Building 157), Cups Hotel Site, Colchester (Monument)
  • Norman stone building (Monument)
  • Norman Stone House, Foundry Yard, Colchester (Monument)
  • Precinct wall of St John's Abbey, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman wall in cellar of 34 High Street, Colchester (Element)
  • Saxon finds from Joslin Collection, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Saxon spears and shield boss, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Scandinavian Mount (fitting), Castle Park, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Site of Land Lane Brickworks, Colchester (Monument)
  • Spearhead was found in Colchester (Find Spot)
  • St Giles' Church, Colchester (Monument)
  • St Giles' Church, Colchester (Monument)
  • St Helen's Chapel, Maidenburgh Street, Colchester (Building)
  • St John's Church, Colchester (Monument)
  • The Gables, East Stockwell Street, Colchester (Building)
  • The Moot Hall, High Street, Colchester (Monument)
  • The Mount in St John's Abbey Precinct, Colchester (Monument)
  • Two brooches from Union House (Find Spot)
  • Two Medieval walls, Alienated Land Area B1a, Colchester Garrison, Colchester (Element)
  • Two Medieval walls, Alienated Land Area B1a, Colchester Garrison, Colchester (Element)
  • Urn, Meanee Barracks (Element)
  • Viking Axe, River Colne, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Viking Axe, River Colne, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Vineyard Street ('Bere Lane'), Colchester (Monument)
  • Vineyard Street ('Bere Lane'), Colchester (Monument)
  • West Stockwell Street, Colchester (Monument)
  • Whitefotes Lane, Colchester (Monument)

Referenced Events (52)

  • Anglo-Saxon brooch from Head Street, Colchester, 1962 (Ref: ECC2454)
  • Anglo-Saxon buckle found in the Butt Lane Sand Quarry, Colchester, 1844 (Ref: ECC2322)
  • Anglo-Saxon burial near Town Rampart, north-east corner of Town Wall, Colchester, 1972 (Ref: ECC1186)
  • Anglo-Saxon coin from Queen Street, Colchester, 1952 (Ref: ECC2453)
  • Anglo-Saxon Cremation Pot, Meanee Barracks, Mersea Road, Colchester, 1938 (Ref: ECC1172)
  • Anglo-Saxon finds in Price Collection, Colchester, 1877 (Ref: ECC2464)
  • Anglo-Saxon finds, 10 Mersea Road, Colchester, 1897 (Ref: ECC1148)
  • Anglo-Saxon objects in Joslin Collection, Colchester, 1888 (Ref: ECC2463)
  • Anglo-Saxon spearhead from Colchester, 1917 (Ref: ECC1146)
  • Anglo-Saxon spearhead, Colchester, 1917 (Ref: ECC2460)
  • Anglo-Saxon strap end from Colchester, 1915 (Ref: ECC1147)
  • Bere Lane, now Vineyard Street, Colchester, 1212 (Ref: ECC1830)
  • Burnt layers at top of North Hill, Colchester, 1935 (Ref: ECC421)
  • Earliest reference to East Stockwell Street, Colchester, 1311 (Ref: ECC98)
  • Earliest reference to West Stockwell Street, Colchester, 1981 (Ref: ECC97)
  • Early record for 'Cat Lane', now Lion Walk, Colchester, 1319 (Ref: ECC1831)
  • Early reference for Eld Lane, Colchester, 1340 (Ref: ECC1833)
  • Early reference to 'Croucherchestrat', Colchester, 1379 (Ref: ECC1836)
  • Early reference to Culver Lane, now Culver Street, Colchester, 1334 (Ref: ECC1832)
  • Early reference to 'East Street', Colchester, 1242 (Ref: ECC1825)
  • Early reference to Maidenburgh Street, Colchester, 1248 (Ref: ECC1826)
  • Early reference to 'Morestrate', now Priory Street, Colchester, 1275 (Ref: ECC1828)
  • Early reference to 'North Street', Colchester, 1196 (Ref: ECC1822)
  • Early reference to Southgate Street, now Queens Street, Colchester, 1382 (Ref: ECC1837)
  • Early reference to St Helens Lane, Colchester, 1373 (Ref: ECC1835)
  • Early reference to 'St Mary's Lane', Colchester, 1207 (Ref: ECC1823)
  • Early reference to 'Stockwell Street', Colchester, 1252 (Ref: ECC1827)
  • Early reference to 'the lane next to Havegate', Colchester, 1207 (Ref: ECC1824)
  • Early reference to Trinity Street, Colchester, 1547 (Ref: ECC1838)
  • Early reference to Whitefotes Lane (Pelham Lane), Colchester, 1981 (Ref: ECC96)
  • Excavation in St Giles Church, Colchester, 1975 (Ref: ECC392)
  • Excavations at St John's Abbey, Colchester, 1971 (Ref: ECC480)
  • Excavations at St John's Abbey, Colchester, 1972 (Ref: ECC389)
  • Excavations at St John's Abbey, Colchester, 1977 (Ref: ECC525)
  • Geophysical Survey of St Botolph's Roundabout, Colchester, 1973 (Ref: ECC2156)
  • Ironblade of Seax, from River Colne, Colchester, c.1880 (Ref: ECC1140)
  • Saxon finds, Mersea Road, Colchester, 1926 (Ref: ECC1452)
  • Saxon grave group from near north-east corner of Town Wall, Colchester, 1972 (Ref: ECC1187)
  • Saxon Seax from River Colne, Colchester, c.1880 (Ref: ECC1142)
  • Scandinavian style mount, Castle Bailey, Colchester, 1936 (Ref: ECC1167)
  • Sceatta from Colchester, 1903 (Ref: ECC1149)
  • Stone walls and Thetford Ware, Pelham's Lane, Colchester, 1935 (Ref: ECC2387)
  • Test pit excavation at 21 North Hill, Colchester, 1994 (Ref: ECC1996)
  • Two Anglo-Saxon brooches found at Union, Balkerne Hill, Colchester, 1850 (Ref: ECC2456)
  • Two spearheads from Butt Road Sand Pit, Colchester, 1857 (Ref: ECC2323)
  • Viking axe from River Colne, Colchester, 1880 (Ref: ECC1145)
  • Viking axe from River Colne, Colchester, 1917 (Ref: ECC1144)
  • Watching Brief at 17 North Hill, Colchester, 1977 (Ref: ECC1269)
  • Watching Brief at 49 North Hill, Colchester, 1974 (Ref: ECC1166)
  • Watching brief at St John's Abbey church, Colchester, 1977 (Ref: ECC1483)
  • Watching Brief on St John's Precinct, Colchester, 1972 (Ref: ECC1122)
  • 'Wirstrate', now Long Wyre Street, Colchester, 1277 (Ref: ECC1829)

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Apr 16 2018 11:50AM

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