Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1757: summary

Archaeological evaluation on land between 7 and 15 Marlowe Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 4JP:November 2021
by Harvey Furniss

Date report completed: December 2021
Location: Land between 7 and 15 Marlowe Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 4JP
Map reference(s): TL 9691 2494 (centre)
File size: 10581 kb
Project type: Evaluation
Significance of the results:
Keywords: Marlowe Way Colchester

Summary. An archaeological evaluation (three trenches) was carried out on land between 7 and 15 Marlowe Way, Colchester, Essex in advance of the construction of a three new houses. The development site is located within an area of significant archaeological remains including the Lexden Tumulus (an Iron Age barrow), Lexden Mount (a Roman barrow) and the Lexden cemetery, an area of Late Iron Age and Roman burials. The evaluation uncovered a ditch and quarry pit but, as neither produced any dating evidence, their potential relationship to other archaeological deposits in the area could not be ascertained.