Source/Archive record SCC72918 - A Late Iron Age dyke, Roman and Anglo-Saxon burials, a Roman coin hoard, and a Civil War fort: Stage 1b archaeological evaluation and Stage 2 excavation at Colchester Garrison Alienated Land Area A1

Title A Late Iron Age dyke, Roman and Anglo-Saxon burials, a Roman coin hoard, and a Civil War fort: Stage 1b archaeological evaluation and Stage 2 excavation at Colchester Garrison Alienated Land Area A1
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2016
Colchester Archaeological Trust 628

Abstract/Summary

with contributions by Ben Holloway and Robert Masefield, and finds reports by Stephen Benfield, Nina Crummy, Adam Wightman, Val Fryer, Julie Curl, Joanna Bird, and Stephanie Shrubshall. Illustrations by Chris Lister, Mark Baister and Emma Holloway

Description

CAT Report 628, June 2016 on behalf of RPS and Taylor Wimpey CAT project code: 06/10d Colchester & Ipswich Museums accession code: 2006.127 NGR: TM 0020 2430 ©

Location

Referenced Monuments (26)

  • Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
  • Berechurch Dyke, Colchester (Monument)
  • Civil War siegeworks, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site A), Colchester (Monument)
  • Early Neolithic tree throw, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site E), Colchester (Element)
  • Group of pits south of Berechurch Dyke, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site J), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Hyderabad Sector, Berechurch Dyke, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site J), Colchester (Element)
  • Meanee and Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester Garrison, Colchester (Monument)
  • Medieval ditches, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site H), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Prehistoric pit, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman and Anglo-Saxon burials, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site A), Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman coin hoard, Hyderabad Sector, Berechurch Dyke, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site J), Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Roman ditch, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site D), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman ditch, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site E), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman ditch, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site G), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman ditch, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site I), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman ditches, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site F), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Roman features, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site K), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Roman gully, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site G), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman pit, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Evaluation T47), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman quarry pit, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site B), Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman? burials, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site G), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Roman? ditch and pit alignment, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site C), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Three late Iron Age to early Roman stock enclosures, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site F), Colchester (Element)
  • Two? late prehistoric pits, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site C), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Undated inhumation burials, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site H), Colchester (Element Group)
  • Undated ring ditch, former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks (Site C), Colchester (Monument)

Referenced Events (13)

  • Archaeological moniotring and recording at Garrison Area A1, Mersea Road, Colchester, 2019 (Ref: ECC4319)
  • Site A excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011 (Ref: ECC3852)
  • Site B excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011 (Ref: ECC3853)
  • Site C excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011 (Ref: ECC3854)
  • Site D excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011 (Ref: ECC3855)
  • Site E excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011 (Ref: ECC3856)
  • Site F excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011 (Ref: ECC3857)
  • Site G excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011 (Ref: ECC3858)
  • Site H excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011 (Ref: ECC3859)
  • Site I excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011 (Ref: ECC3860)
  • Site J excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011 (Ref: ECC3861)
  • Site K excavation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2011 (Ref: ECC3862)
  • Stage 1b trial-trenched evaluation at the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, 2010 (Ref: ECC3850)

Record last edited

Apr 16 2020 8:53AM

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