Brooks, H. (2000). Excavations at 79 Hythe Hill, Colchester 1994--5. Essex Archaeol Hist 31. Vol 31, pp. 112-124.

Title:

Excavations at 79 Hythe Hill, Colchester 1994--5

Issue:

Essex Archaeol Hist 31

Series:

Essex Archaeology & History

Volume:

Page Start/End:

112 - 124

Biblio Note

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Publication Type:

Journal

Abstract:

Excavations revealed a series of medieval and post-medieval buildings. An earthfast post building of the fifteenth or sixteenth century was the first structure on site. This was followed by a three-roomed sixteenth-century structure with dwarf stone plinths, clay floors, and hearths. In the mid-seventeenth century the structure was completely rebuilt on the same spot as a four- or five-roomed structure. Later periods involved the insertion of a chimney breast and the building of a detached smithy. The whole site was rebuilt in brick in the nineteenth century. Romano-British, Saxon and early medieval material was found in residual contexts, including a rare Late Saxon iron strap end. Includes separately authored reports on:

Author:

Howard Brooks

Year of Publication:

2000

Subjects / Periods:

Medieval (BIAB)
	Settlement Sites (BIAB)
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
Stone Plinths Clay Floors (Auto Detected Subject)
Postmedieval Buildings (Auto Detected Subject)
Midseventeenth Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Late Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal)
Brick (Auto Detected Subject)
Sixteenth Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Hearths (Auto Detected Subject)
Nineteenth Century Romanobritish Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal)
Iron Strap (Auto Detected Subject)

Note:

[OS TM 01332468]

Source:

BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))

Created Date:

21 Apr 2004