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Collection Information
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5284/1132988 |
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| Collection ID | 1006755 |
| Collection Title | Site Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at the Former Lexden Springs School and Adjacent Fire Station, Colchester, Essex, February 2021 |
| Description | This collection comprises images, site records, and CAD files from an archaeological evaluation. This was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust in February 2021 at the former Lexden Springs School and adjacent Fire Station, off Halstead Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3PZ. The two trial-trenches were undertaken to determine the precise location of the Shrub End Dyke/Triple Dyke which runs through the development site. If circumstances permitted, thorough excavation of these ditches in the future would not only allow their profiles to be accurately recorded and compared to those from 1961, but has the potential for finds and dating evidence to be recovered, and for the exact route, construction and form of the dyke to be better understood. However, evidence from the current works indicate that the banks have been completely levelled within the development site. |
| Collection Dates | Data creation (start) 01-Feb-2021 |
| Data creation (end) 26-Mar-2024 | |
| First Released 27-Jun-2025 | |
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| Version | 1 |
Access and Rights
| Cite As | Colchester Archaeological Trust (2025) Site Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at the Former Lexden Springs School and Adjacent Fire Station, Colchester, Essex, February 2021 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1132988 |
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| Copyright | Data copyright © Colchester Archaeological Trust unless otherwise stated. |
| Licence | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
| Primary Contact |
Colchester Archaeological Trust Roman Circus House Roman Circus Walk Colchester Essex CO2 7GZ Email: [email protected] |
| Metadata Contact | ADS: [email protected] |
Content and Subject Information
| Collection type | Dataset Collection |
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| Metadata Record | |
| Data available | Image: 65 objects |
| Text: 1 objects | |
| Vector: 2 objects | |
| Language | |
| Subject | TRIAL TRENCH (Event Type (England)) |
| Find (Evidence (England)) | |
| Ceramic (FISH Archaeological Objects (England)) | |
| Archaeology (Library of Congress Subject Headings) | |
| Archaeological significance--Evaluation (Library of Congress Subject Headings) | |
| Excavations (Archaeology)--England (Library of Congress Subject Headings) | |
| PIT (Monument Type (England)) | |
| DITCH (Monument Type (England)) | |
| Dyke (Defence) (Monument Type (England)) | |
| Periods | UNCERTAIN (Period (England)) |
Project Information (Provenance)
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| Location | British Isles and Ireland (World region) |
| England (British Isles country) | |
| East of England (English region) | |
| Essex (County) | |
| Colchester (District) | |
| Lexden (Parish) | |
| Fire Station (Place) | |
| Halstead Road (Place) | |
| Lexden Springs School (Place) | |
| Shrub End Dyke (Historic place) | |
| Triple Dyke (Historic place) | |
| World, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Essex, Colchester, Lexden [7026257] (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names) | |
| Coordinates | Latitude Longitude: 51.89064859 0.85282311 |
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Relationships
| Related Resources | This collection has 1 related resource. |
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| This collection 'Is Derived From': | |
| Archaeological evaluation at the former Lexden Springs School and adjacent Fire Station, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3PZ (OASIS ID: colchest3-416727) |
