Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 570: summary

An archaeological watching brief at the Old Library, Town Hall, West Stockwell Street, Colchester, Essex: October 2009
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Date report completed: December 2010
Location: the Old Library, Town Hall, West Stockwell Street, Colchester, Essex
Map reference(s): TL 9959 2526
File size: 845 kb
Project type: Watching brief
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: gravestone, human bone, St Runwald’s, graveyard, West Stockwell Street, town hall

Summary. A large quantity of disarticulated human bone was collected for re-burial during an archaeological watching brief in St Runwald’s graveyard at the rear of the Old Library, Town Hall, West Stockwell Street, Colchester, Essex. The remains of two headstones, one 18th century and the other undated, were also uncovered.