Site Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at South of Berechurch Hall Road, Colchester, Essex, Sep 2021

Colchester Archaeological Trust, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5284/1132984.

Introduction

Modern finds from F37
Modern finds from F37

This collection comprises images, site records, and CAD files from an Archaeological Evaluation. In September 2021, Colchester Archaeological Trust carried out an archaeological strip, map and record excavation, on land south of Berechurch Hall Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 9GE, in advance of the construction of thirty-two new dwellings.

An area totalling 0.36ha was stripped, mapped and significant archaeological horizons excavated. The site lies to the east of the Late Iron Age and Romano-British complex of Gosbecks, in the midst of numerous cropmarks, with a 2019 archaeological evaluation revealing 13 features including a possible Iron Age ditch and late Romano-British charcoal-rich pit. A further 22 features were excavated as part of the strip, map and record. The possible Iron Age ditch was determined to be a tree-throw, but other features included an early Romano-British ditch, another charcoal-rich pit likely to be broadly contemporary with the first, a post-medieval field boundary ditch, a post-medieval/ modern pit/tree-throw, a modern pit and a scattering of undated pits/tree-throws.