Possible Roman farmstead at Bourchiers Farm (EHER 1250)

Roman pottery, coins, and other finds, suggest a possible Roman settlement.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Roman pottery found at Bourchiers Farm. Some found when the foundations of the house were dug. <1> The farm has produced Roman remains. Hastings Worrin (died 1932), owner of farm for many years, made a large archaeological collection and part was probably from his own land. His collection included many coins, bought for Colchester Museum but unlocated. Some years before 1893 labourers drained Great Calthorpes Field on this farm (OS no 107) and cut through several pits in clay, filled with black earth, containing pottery in small fragments, bone and charcoal. Bronze fibula also found at Great Calthorpes. <2> - <5> Worrin collection from farm and vicinity included at least 18 coins (in Colchester Museum), a Roman iron axe, 2 small mid 1st century flasks of grey ware (also in Colchester Museum). <6> Probable farmstead. <7> January 1950. Field survey. No further information from the present occupiers of Bourchiers. <8> 1994. Survey. Suggested location of Roman settlement. This site lies outside of the area of the country park. <9> 2010. Watching brief. Monitoring of a bank reduction and digging of two gate posts by CAT did not reveal any archaeological finds or features. This was probably due to the small-scale nature of the works. <10>