Colchester Archaeological Trust
CAT Report 1245: summary
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Archaeological monitoring at the former Arena Leisure Centre, Circular Road East, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7SZ: March 2018
by Laura Pooley
Date report completed: March 2017
Location: Former Arena Leisure Centre, Circular Road East, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7SZ
Map reference(s): TL 99664 24415
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Project type: Monitoring
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Summary.
Archaeological monitoring was carried out on the former Arena Leisure Centre during the excavation of six boreholes. The boreholes were located 43-120m south of Colchester's Roman Circus (a scheduled monument) and in an area of known Roman burials, a trackway, field boundaries and pits. No significant archaeological horizons were identified within the borehole samples.