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Mersea Mount
Hob Uid: 386082
Location : Essex Colchester West Mersea
Grid Ref : TM0225014330
Summary : Roman barrow situated on relatively high ground at the north west edge of the central plateau of mersea Island overlooking the Pyefleet Channel. The flat-topped conical mound is some 35 metres in diameter and 7 metres high. The top has a diameter of some 5 metres. There is no enclosing ditch. Excavations carried out by the Morant Club in 1912 found that the mound contained a burial dating from the late first to early second century AD. The burial chamber was dug into the original ground surface so that its floor was some 38cm beneath this level. Within the burial chamber, the cremated remains of a child were found in a glass flask placed within a small lead casket with a wooden lid. Some animal bone and briquetage was found. Scheduled.
More information : (TM 02251433) TUMULUS (R). (1) A Roman tumulus known as Mersea Mount standing 22 feet 6 inches high and 110 feet in diameter was excavated in 1912. The tomb chamber, 18 inches square and 2 1/2 inches high, contained a leaden casket protecting a globular glass cinerary urn. Finds consisted of flints; Belgic, Romano-British and Samian pottery; briquetage and two pieces of animal bone. Finds in Colchester Museum including some beads alleged to have come from the tumulus Nos 2728.13 & 848.37. (2-4) The tumulus has been mutilated by the insertion of a modern concrete structure. Correct as shown on OS 1:2500. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1967
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Source details : Colchester Mus Reps 1937-44 45
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Source details : F1 CFW 27-AUG-57
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Source details : 03-Jul-00
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Cinerary Urn, Barrow, Cremation
Evidence : Earthwork, Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Iron Age
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Cinerary Urn, Barrow, Cremation
Object Type : BRIQUETAGE, ANIMAL REMAINS, BEAD, FLASK, CASKET
Object Material : Glass, Lead

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : EX 31
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 32425
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TM 01 SW 5
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1912-01-01
End Date : 1912-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1957-08-27
End Date : 1957-08-27

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 2014-01-01
End Date : 2016-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 2016-01-01
End Date : 2016-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Mersea Mount