Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 994: summary

Archaeological evaluation at Bourne Court, Mersea Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7RJ: August 2016
by Laura Pooley (with contributions from Stephen Benfield)

Date report completed: September 2016
Location: Bourne Court, Mersea Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7RJ
Map reference(s): TM 0010 2385 (c)
File size: 5,396 kb
Project type: Archaeological evaluation
Significance of the results: negative
Keywords: -

Summary. An archaeological evaluation was carried out at Bourne Court, Mersea Road, Colchester, Essex in advance of the construction of twenty-seven new dwellings. No significant archaeological features or deposits were identified. The construction and subsequent demolition of the former chapel of rest and associated workshops (East of England Co-operative Society funeral parlour) appears to have caused significant disturbance to original ground-levels and may have destroyed any archaeological horizons previously present on the site.