Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 188: summary

An archaeological watching brief on the installation of tennis court floodlights at St Helena's School, Sheepen Road, Colchester, Essex: March 2002
by Hollowy, B (with contributions from Benfield, S; Brooks, H.)

Date report completed: 04/04/2002
Location: Colchester, Essex
Map reference(s): TL987259, TL98702584
File size: 398 kb
Project type: Watching brief
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: Iron Age, post-medieval, ceramic building materials, Roman pottery

Summary. Observations were made during an archaeological watching brief on the digging of cable trenches around the tennis courts at St Helena's School, Sheepen Road, Colchester, Essex. The trenches were being dug for new floodlights and their power cables. Two features were observed in the trenches, only one of which was certainly archaeological. There was a large number of loose finds, principally Roman tile and late Iron Age/Roman pottery of a type which has been found in adjacent Sheepen excavations.