Colchester Archaeological Trust
CAT Report 421: summary
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Watching brief report: Balkerne Gate/Mercury Theatre, Balkerne Passage, Colchester, Essex (April 2007)
by Orr, K
Date report completed: 01/06/2007
Location: Colchester town centre, Essex
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File size: 175KB kb
Project type: Watching brief (negative)
Significance of the results: Neg
Keywords: town wall, Roman pottery, post-medieval pottery
Summary.
The trench was only dug through topsoil except where it crossed the road, where tarmac and hoggin was encountered. Modern brick rubble and a few fragments of post-medieval and Roman pottery were exposed at the eastern end, by the Mercury Theatre. The trench was not of sufficient depth to impinge on any archaeological remains.