More information : An apse-ended building some 110 feet long, first noted in 1921 (plotted on museum 1:500 map: TL 99262484) and partly excavated by Hull in 1935. Close to the south end of the apse was a pit or well some 3 feet in diameter and 6 feet deep with wooden shuttering, apparently closed with a dressed block of stone from a building. Scattered throughout the pit were some 280 coins, mostly 4th century, the earliest at the bottom, suggesting they were votive. Also a silver armlet and ring, items of iron, pottery, etc. It is suugested that this may be a temple site, the nearby altar (TL 92 SE 77) in association. The pit was pointed out by the gardener to F1 confirming the above site. Finds in Colchester Meseum. (Formerly recorded as Roman coins). (1-3)
|