Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1576: summary

Archaeological fieldwalking survey and a trial trenching evaluation for a flood compensation scheme on land at Salary Brook, to the north of Clingoe Hill, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SL
by Dr Elliott Hicks (with contributions from Mark Baister, Chris Lister and Emma Holloway)

Date report completed: June 2020
Location: land at Salary Brook, to the north of Clingoe Hill, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SL
Map reference(s): TM 0244 2454
File size: kb
Project type: Evaluation and field walking
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Summary. An archaeological fieldwalking survey and a trial-trenching evaluation (one trench) were carried out on land at Salary Brook, to the north of Clingoe Hill, Colchester, Essex in advance of the implementation of a flood compensation scheme. The development site lies north of several prehistoric ring-ditches, and northwest of the University of Essex, where excavations have revealed features of Late Iron Age, Roman and medieval date. Roman pottery, brick and tile and post-medieval tile were retrieved during fieldwalking, the latter find-type exhibiting a potentially significant clustering around the centre of the site. Three pits were uncovered during the subsequent evaluation of a 200m-long evaluation trench, but none produced any dating evidence. A natural feature was also excavated.