<< Text Pages >> St John's Green (Colchester) - Cairn in England in Essex
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: St John's Green (Colchester)Country: England County: Essex Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Colchester
Map Ref: TL99642468
Latitude: 51.884922N Longitude: 0.899432E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this now destroyed tumulus - see their entry for St. John’s Green, Colchester, Essex, which describes how the remains "came to light in January 1930, 'during the laying of a gas main under the west footpath of Flagstaff Road, about 100 yards south of St. John’s Green.' Although the barrow or tumulus had already been levelled, sheer diligence and care on behalf—one believes—of antiquarian M.R. Hull saved the vessel (a prehistoric decorated urn) from an otherwise inevitable doom!"
The TNA entry also includes a photograph of the decorated urn found in the tumulus.
Details of the vessel are recorded asPastscape Monument No. 384079, where they tell us the urn was presented to Colchester Museum.
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