Colchester Archaeological Report 6: Excavations at Culver Street, the Gilberd School, and other sites in Colchester 1971-85

CAR Report 06: summary

by Philip Crummy (with contributions from J Bayley, I M Betts, V Bishop, E Black, H Brooks, N Brown, D G Buckley, P Budd, G Carter, A J Clark, H Cool, J Cotter, C Crossan, N Crummy, J A Davies, J P Gardiner, S Garrod, R Goodburn, A Harris, M Hassall, M Henig, R Kenyon, Roger Ling, A Locker, R Luff, R Macphail, H Major, K J Matthews, G McDonnell, G Morgan, P M Murphy, M A Neal, A Phillips, P R Sealey, R Shackle, D Shimmin, D J Smith, N A Smith, R P Symonds, G J Tann, M Taylor, S Walker, Jacqui Watson, and J Wymer)

Summary

Contents
1. Introduction
2. The development of Roman Colchester
3. Excavation at Culver Street 1981-2 and 1984-5
4. Excavations at the Gilberd School, North Hill 1984-5
5. Roman small finds from the Culver Street site
6. Roman small finds from the Gilberd School site
7. Roman and post-Roman tile and daub
8. Environmental studies:Culver Street
9. Environmental studies:Gilberd School
10.The coins from the Culver Street and Gilberd School sites
11.Painted wall-plaster from the Culver Street and the Gilberd School sites
12.Prehistoric pottery and flints
13.Small sites, watching briefs and building surveys, 1971 to mid 1985
Appendices
1: Summary list of sites, watching briefs and
building surveys, 1971 to mid 1985
2: Building numbers for sites excavated
1971-85
3: The excavation of Head Gate in 1988
4: Ceramic dating evidence for the rampart and
town wall at Culver Street
[Appendices 5-10 are on microfiche] 11: Coin Catalogue 1 (the most stratigraphically
significant coins from the Culver Street and
Gilberd School sites: listed by context)
12: Coin Catalogue 2 (coins from the Culver
Street and Gilberd School sites: listed by
numismatic identification)
Bibliography
Index
Microfiche

© 1992 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd and English Heritage
Published 1992 by Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, 12 Lexden Road, Colchester, Essex C03 3NF
ISBN 0-9503727-9-X

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