Site Event/Activity record ECC1305 - Watching Brief at 2 & 3 St Nicholas Passage, Colchester, 1979

Location

Location 2 & 3 St Nicholas Passage, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 9975 2518 (15m by 7m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

June to July 1979

Map

Description

A watching brief was held during the construction of new shops along St Nicholas Passage. "A strip trench for a foundation was dug around all four sides of the site. The rest of the site was lowered by about 0.5 m. The trench was about 2.5 m deep and was cut through dark soil (fill of many pits?). Two holes were dug in the centre of the site to a depth of 6 or 7 feet. Nothing of significance was observed in any of the contractor's excavations apart from a possible pre-Boudican daub wall, burnt in AD 60/1, a burnt surface of a ?pit nearby, and a foundation of flint - all at a depth of about 2 m."<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.891.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Foundation, St Nicholas Passage (Element)
  • Pre Boudican Roman wall, St Nicholas Passage, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Feb 24 2016 2:23PM

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