Site Event/Activity record ECC1236 - Watching brief at Abbeygate House, Colchester, 1977

Location

Location Abbeygate House, St John's Green, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99646 24856 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

May 1977

Map

Description

A watching brief was maintained during the construction of an extension to the south side of Abbeygate House, St John's Green. The bottom of a cutting into the side of a bank of earth between Abbeygate house and Southway exposed a layer of tightly packed small stones which was probably part of a road which seemed to lie in a north-south direction. The layer was sealed by a 1.1 metre thick layer of sandy loam topsoil containing fragments of oyster shell, beneath which was undisturbed sand. "The stratigraphy seemed to indicate that the gravel feature was relatively early , perhaps Roman".<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1992. CAR 6: Excavations at Culver Street, the Gilberd School, and other sites in Colchester 1971-85. 6. p.855.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman road?, Abbeygate House, St John's Green, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 11 2016 1:33PM

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