Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 382: summary

Phase 2 of an archaeological evaluation at Colchester Institute, Sheepen Road, Colchester, Essex: August 2006
by Orr, K (with contributions from Benfield, S; Crummy, N; Curl, J)

Date report completed: 01/09/2006
Location: Sheepen, Colchester, Essex
Map reference(s): TL989256 (centre)
File size: 17,025 kb
Project type: Evaluation
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: Iron Age, trackway/droveway, Roman building, aqueduct

Summary. Nine evaluation trenches were excavated in the staff car-parks and in between buildings at the Colchester Institute in August 2006. Three trenches were archaeologically blank, but the rest revealed a network of Late Iron Age to 1st-century AD features typical of activity on the Sheepen site including pits and ditches, a possible burial, a likely floor and wall to a building, a trackway and a possible continuation of the Sheepen underground aqueduct.