Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 975: summary

Archaeological evaluation at Colchester County High School for Girls, Norman Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US: June 2016
by Laura Pooley (with contributions from Stephen Benfield, Val Fryer)

Date report completed: August 2016
Location: Colchester County High School for Girls, Norman Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US
Map reference(s): TL 9750 2486 (c)
File size: 2,929 kb
Project type: Archaeological evaluation
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: Roman, ditch

Summary. An archaeological evaluation was carried out at the Colchester County High School for Girls (CCHS), Norman Way, Colchester in advance of the construction of a single-storey extension. Previous archaeological investigations in and around CCHS have revealed evidence of widespread Roman activity including a fort, triple-dyke, palisade trenches and a wattle-and-daub structure, and burials. A single trial-trench excavated across the footprint of the new building revealed a Roman ditch (F4) aligned north-east to south-west. It was recorded along with five modern and two natural features. No trace of the triple-dyke was identified even though it was projected to be intercepted by the evaluation trench.