Site Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at the Former Lexden Springs School and Adjacent Fire Station, Colchester, Essex, February 2021

This collection comprises images, site records, and CAD files from an archaeological evaluation. This was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust in February 2021 at the former Lexden Springs School and adjacent Fire Station, off Halstead Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3PZ. The two trial-trenches were undertaken to determine the precise location of the Shrub End Dyke/Triple Dyke which runs through the development site.
If circumstances permitted, thorough excavation of these ditches in the future would not only allow their profiles to be accurately recorded and compared to those from 1961, but has the potential for finds and dating evidence to be recovered, and for the exact route, construction and form of the dyke to be better understood. However, evidence from the current works indicate that the banks have been completely levelled within the development site.