Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1969: summary

Archaeological monitoring at St Thomas More’s Catholic Primary School, Priory Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2QB: August 2023
by Sarah Veasey (with contributions from Dr Matthew Loughton, Laura Pooley and Alec Wade)

Date report completed: September 2023
Location: St Thomas More’s Catholic Primary School, Priory Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2QB
Map reference(s): TM 00250 25104 (centre)
File size: 7273 kb
Project type: Monitoring
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Summary. Archaeological monitoring was carried out at St Thomas More’s Catholic Primary School, Priory Street, Colchester, Essex during groundworks for the construction of a replacement boundary wall. The development site is located outside of the south-east corner of Colchester’s Roman Town Wall (NHLE No. 1003772) and to the north-east of St Botolph's Priory (NHLE No. 1013764). Despite the sites close proximity to two listed structures, the only archaeological horizon encountered during the site’s monitoring was a post-medieval/modern layer of madeground.