| Name: | Lexden Tumulus Iron Age Barrow and associated cemetery area |
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| SMR Number: | 11710 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 975 247 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL92SE |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
The tumulus is suggested to be Bronze Age in origin.
Full description
The tumulus is suggested to be Bronze Age in origin. <1> <2>
Scheduling of Tumulus revised April 2002. <3>
<1> Crummy, P in Huggins, PJ, 1975, Archaeology in Essex 1973-4, p11 (DESC TEXT). SEX34079.
<2> Foster, J, 1986, The Lexden tumulus: a reappraisal of an Iron Age burial from Colchester, Brit Ser 156 (DESC TEXT). SEX34080.
<3> English Heritage, 2002, Lexden Tumulus Iron Age Barrow and associated cemetery area (Scheduling record). SEX61398.
Monument Types
- BARROW (Bronze Age - 2000 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Events
- PART EXCAV by Laver, HE and PG (Ref: ?)
- PART EXCAV by Crummy, P, (Ref: LTC73)
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument () 1019967: Lexden Tumulus Iron Age Barrow and associated cemetery area: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
Sources and further reading
| <1> | DESC TEXT: Crummy, P in Huggins, PJ. 1975. Archaeology in Essex 1973-4. p11. |
| <2> | DESC TEXT: Foster, J. 1986. The Lexden tumulus: a reappraisal of an Iron Age burial from Colchester. Brit Ser 156. |
| <3> | Scheduling record: English Heritage. 2002. Lexden Tumulus Iron Age Barrow and associated cemetery area. 29464. |
Related records
| 11711 | Part of: Lexden Tumulus Iron Age Barrow and associated cemetery area (Monument) |
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