Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 9: summary

A fieldwalking survey at Abbotstone, Stanway, Colchester, Essex: Phase 1 - October 1997
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Date report completed: November 1997
Location: Stanway, Colchester, Essex
Map reference(s): TL 945 232
File size: 11,732 kb
Project type: Fieldwalking survey
Significance of the results: neg
Keywords: Roman, tile, brick, prehistoric, flint

Summary. In October 1997, a fieldwalking survey on 5.2 hectares of land scheduled for mineral extraction recovered a small and widely dispersed sample of Roman tile and brick. Prehistoric activity was represented by a single struck flint flake of possible Bronze Age or Neolithic date.