Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 290: summary

An archaeological evaluation at the rear of Greyfriars Community College, High Street, Colchester, Essex: October 2004
by Crossan, C

Date report completed: 11/11/2004
Location: Colchester town centre, Essex
Map reference(s): TM0005125273
File size: 282 kb
Project type: Evaluation
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: post-medieval, tessellated pavement, Roman building, robber trench

Summary. The site lies at the eastern end of Colchester's High Street, within a relatively unexplored region of the Roman and medieval walled town. During a small-scale archaeological evaluation on the proposed site of foundations for a lift, part of a Roman tessellated pavement was recorded at a depth of 1.1m. Post-Roman levels in the area had been extensively disturbed by modern service-trenches.