Mersea Barrow

Introduction

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Mersea Barrow

Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 13 Aug 2005

Ancient burial mound excavated in 1912 by Mr Samuel Hazzledine Warren http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787806800295 . Buried below the mound was a Glass funerary urn containing cremated bones of a man held in a lead casket and surrounded by a sealed roman brick tomb probably dating from the 2nd Century AD. The contents were moved to Colchester Museum and were held there for a century before being loaned to Mersea Island Museum http://www.merseamuseum.org.uk/ during the refurbishment of Colchester Castle. Warren left the opened brick tomb in place with the intention of removing it at a later date. Sadly over the ensuing years when the mound was used as a chicken run and the excavation used as a food store the Roman Bricks were lost. Take a look inside at Image and also Image

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