Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1342: summary

Archaeological excavation at Kingswode Hoe School, 18 Sussex Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3QJ: October-November 2018
by Dr Elliott Hicks (with contributions from Dr Matthew Loughton, Julie Curl, Laura Pooley, Adam Wightman, Chris Lister, Ben Holloway, Sarah Carter )

Date report completed: February 2019
Location: Kingswode Hoe School, 18 Sussex Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3QJ
Map reference(s): TL 98324 25206
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Project type: Excavation
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Summary. An archaeological excavation (348mē) was carried out at Kingswode Hoe School, 18 Sussex Road, Colchester, Essex following the removal of three temporary classrooms and in advance of the construction of a new two-storey stand-alone teaching building. The development site is located in an area of significant Late Iron Age and early Roman sites, within the Late Iron Age and early Roman oppidum of Camulodunum, at the southwestern edge of the industrial complex of Sheepen, and to the northwest of the Lexden cemetery. Three 1st-century graves, as well as a series of pits dated to the same period, were uncovered. Two large post-medieval quarry pits extended across the northern half of the site, one of which had disturbed at least one further cremation burial which was probably of Roman date.