Site Event/Activity record ECC52 - Watching brief at Harbour Master's Office, Hythe Quay, Colchester, 1983

Location

Location Harbour Master's Office, Hythe Quay, Colchester
Grid reference TM 0148 2430 (point)
Map sheet TM02SW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

December 1983

Map

Description

Watching brief held due to construction of extension to existing Harbour Master's Office. Two test holes were observed. The upper metre of Test Hole 1 (TH1) was dark grey sandy loam, modern concrete and iron. Below was at least 0.5 m of very dark brown material containing much clinker. Test Hole 2 (TH2) was 1 m deep and penetrated only modern concrete and brick fragments. Perhaps all modern material derived from demolition of the earlier gas works? No archaeological features were observed and no archaeological levels (if they exist) seemed likely to have been affected by the development.<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.1026.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Record last edited

Jan 15 2016 2:33PM

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