Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1507: summary

Archaeological excavation at Colchester County High School for Girls, Norman Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US: December 2019
by Dr Elliott Hicks (with contributions from Dr Matthew Loughton, Laura Pooley, Lisa Gray, Chris Lister, Sarah Carter)

Date report completed: April 2020
Location: Colchester County High School for Girls, Norman Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US
Map reference(s): TL 9803 2462 (centre)
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Project type: Excavation
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Summary. An archaeological excavation (following an evaluation) was carried out at Colchester County High School for Girls, Norman Way, Colchester, Essex in advance of the construction of a new school building. Previous excavations in the area have uncovered a palisade trench of probable Roman date, a Roman wattle-and-daub structure and scattered pits and ditches, some of which were dated to the 1st and 2nd centuries. These excavations uncovered a cluster of ditches and pits which yielded a considerable quantity of pottery indicating the 3rd and 4th centuries as the primary phase of activity at the site, and suggesting that the remains of a mid to late Roman villa or farmstead lie nearby.