Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 728: summary

Archaeological monitoring at Northern Approach Road Phase III, Colchester, Essex: September-November 2013
by Mark Baister (with contributions from -)

Date report completed: June 2014
Location: Northern Approach Road Phase III, Colchester, Essex
Map reference(s): TL 9965 2846 (c)
File size: 1,731 kb
Project type: Archaeological monitoring
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: post-medieval, modern

Summary. A watching brief was carried out during topsoil-stripping for Phase III of Colchester’s Northern Approach Road. Along the strip, a fragment of prehistoric pottery and a worked flint were recovered from the topsoil. Four post-medieval to modern, and eleven undated features were observed cut into the natural clay. Nothing else of archaeological interest was discovered.