Roman burial, 96-98 Rosemary Avenue (EHER 6471)

A Romano-British urn was found in around 1946 during the construction of the existing housing estate here.

'Urn of uncertaind date found c1946'. OS gives NGR as TL 7538 2369. <1> 'R.B. Urn 1946'. <2> <3> 'Burials were found during the construction of the existing housing estate here in 1946-1947'. Colchester Museum has maps showing two sites, including this one, where one urn urn was found in around 1946. The vessel, probably, is one at present in the Braintree Museum. The vessel is illustrated in this source (<4>) and described as 'Hard fine grey fabric, upper part burnished'. <4> <5> See EHER 6276 for similar finds from the same housing estate and found around the same time. NRHE data transfer: Urn of uncertain age found in around 1946. <6> January 1950. Field survey. No further information. <7> Note: The mapped location indicates an address on Padfield location and is probably an approximate location. The NRHE record gives an alternate location, an address on Coldnailhurst Lane TL 75380 23690, in accordance with source <1>. Neither location is the address given in source <4>, 96-98 Rosemary Avenue.