Laura McLean

Role: Finds Liaison Officer
Database records prefix: ESS

Address: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
Museum Resource Centre, 14 Ryegate Road Colchester Essex CO1 1YG

lat: 51.890691 , long: 0.902236 A profile picture chosen by Laura McLean

Short profile:

Laura is part of the Hertiage Team at Colchester & Ipswich Museum Service and also works with Essex County Councils Historic Environment Record. Before starting as the Essex Finds Liaison Officer, she had previously worked for the PAS as the Assistant Finds Liaison Officer in both Kent and Hampshire.

Recording finds with Laura:

Please contact Laura if you would like to record finds.

Due to the nature of work as a Finds Liaison Officer, Laura is not always available at the office at short notice. Please ensure you contact her via phone or email to make an appointment in advance. Alternatively, it may be possible to pass objects to Laura via one of the counties district museums or at a metal detecting club. Please contact Laura in advance to discuss options available.

Phone (work): 01206 506961
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Period breakdown

A breakdown of finds by period
Period Finds Records
Bronze Age 557 200
Byzantine 2 2
Early Medieval 225 221
Iron Age 379 355
Medieval 1859 1262
Mesolithic 820 694
Modern 62 61
Neolithic 61 61
Palaeolithic 27 27
Post Medieval 1352 1264
Roman 4175 2534
Unknown 95 91
Finds by period

Records breakdown

A breakdown of finds recorded
Year Quarter Finds Records
2005 2 172 172
2005 3 150 150
2005 4 420 381
2006 1 267 267
2006 4 190 145
2007 1 129 129
2007 2 144 141
2007 3 516 352
2007 4 512 459
2008 1 308 284
2008 2 478 461
2008 3 389 389
2008 4 349 270
2009 1 288 286
2009 2 393 334
2009 3 868 257
2009 4 275 226
2010 1 314 283
2010 2 301 258
2010 3 374 327
2010 4 146 120
2011 1 237 235
2011 2 1534 253
2011 3 272 128
2011 4 170 122
2012 1 267 254
2012 2 176 114

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