Prehistoric (Late Bronze Age?) pit found during excavations at the Gilberd School, 1984-5.

Fieldwalking of land scheduled for gravel extraction recovered Roman tile and brick in sufficient quantity to suggest the presence of one or more buildings in the vicinity.

15 sherds of medieval pottery, all unstratified, were recovered during a small excavation by Colchester Excavation Committee in 1975-76. See MCC5164 for main record.

Middle Bronze Age cemetery of two phases excavated by the Colchester Excavation Committee in advance of gravel quarrying in 1973 (the site used as a gravel pit for the A12). The first consisted of seven small round barrows and the second of a Deverel-Rimbury urnfield of 27 or cremations, mostly in urns. Twenty-five small pits, contemporary with the urnfield, were also found.

Scatter of pottery and flints found by Mr Martin Jeffrey during fieldwalking, including a few fragments of unglazed medieval pot and one undecorated rim.

Scatter of pottery and flints found during fieldwalking includes some fragments of Belgic pottery.

Scatter of pottery and flints found during fieldwalking.

Prehistoric pit recorded during excavations at Culver Street between 1981-2 and 1984-5.

Prehistoric pit recorded during excavations at Culver Street between 1981-2 and 1984-5.

A fieldwalking survey of 2.44ha. produced 178 finds (3,916g), including 36 struck flints dated from the Neolithic and Bronze Age (with one possible Mesolithic flint), concentrated on the northern edge of the field, and 26 pieces of Roman brick/tile, concentrated on the northern edge of the field and along the eastern side.