Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 359: summary

An archaeological evaluation at 11 Maldon Road, Colchester, Essex: March 2006
by Brooks, H (with contributions from Curl, J)

Date report completed: 04/04/2006
Location: Colchester, Essex
Map reference(s): TL9913524875
File size: 288 kb
Project type: Evaluation
Significance of the results: Neg
Keywords: post-medieval, Roman pottery, ceramic building materials, post-medieval quarry, animal bone

Summary. Eighteen Roman burials and the remains of a Roman building were found 40m north of this site in 1971, and other burials have been recorded in this area. An evaluation trench in the garden to the rear of the property revealed 0.8m-1.0m of post-medieval topsoils sealing three post-medieval pits, the largest of which may have been a quarry-pit. Roman pottery and tile was found in a residual context in later features, but there was no evidence of Roman burials (presumably because of destruction caused by the post-medieval quarrying).