Roman burials from Caidge Farm, Scotts Hill (EHER 11298)

Six urns containing Roman burials, and a large quantity of pottery fragments, were found in a field at Caidge Farm in Dec 1893. The fragments represented at least a dozen vessels and the remains were fond in a line, aligned NW-SE.

Roman burials in urns found in a field (number 391, Tithe Map) at Caidge Farm, in Dec 1893. The cinerary urns were 2 feet below the surface and varied in size and shape, the smallest about 3 inches high and the largest between 9 and 10 inches tall. The largest contained calcined bones. Most of the urns were imperfect, and had been broken by the workmen during extraction. There are 12 or more most being in a straight line and aligned NW-SE. <1> <2> In 1893 it was reported that 'two or three Roman urns, one of which contained a Roman skull' had been found about 2 feet deep on the building plots of Caidge Estate. It was later stated that six urns and many fragments belonging to at least a dozen vessels were found lying in a direct line and are now in the possession of W.A. Hurrell of Southminster. <3> Other finds made by W.A. Hurrell are recorded at EHER 81177. NRHE data transfer: 'Celtic pottery' in Colchester Museum may apply. <2> <4> NRHE summary description: Twelve cinerary urns of probable Roman date, one of which contained a cremation, were found on Caidge Farm in 1893.