Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 5: summary

Archaeological evaluation at the former maternity home, Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester, Essex: summary report - August 1997
by Shimmin, D

Date report completed: September 1997
Location: the former maternity home, Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester, Essex
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File size: 500 kb
Project type: Archaeological evaluation
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: Roman, pit, road, cremation

Summary. Five trenches were dug in order to assess the impact of proposed redevelopment at the site. The main features in T1, T4 and T5 were large pits of Roman date, although the pits were left unexcavated, surface collection produced a high frequency of finds. A short section of the bank at the northern end of the site was cut back and drawn, although there was no clear evidence that the bank had been artificially raised. In T2 and T3 there was an absence of Roman finds and no definite Roman features.