  We present spectral classifications from optical spectroscopy of 263 massive
stars in the north-eastern region of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The observed
two-degree field includes the massive 30 Doradus star-forming region, the
environs of SN1987A, and a number of star-forming complexes to the south of 30
Dor. These are the first classifications for the majority (203) of the stars
and include eleven double-lined spectroscopic binaries. The sample also
includes the first examples of early OC-type spectra (AAOmega 30 Dor 248 and
280), distinguished by the weakness of their nitrogen spectra and by C IV 4658
emission. We propose that these stars have relatively unprocessed CNO
abundances compared to morphologically normal O-type stars, indicative of an
earlier evolutionary phase. From analysis of observations obtained on two
consecutive nights, we present radial-velocity estimates for 233 stars, finding
one apparent single-lined binary and nine (>3sigma) outliers compared to the
systemic velocity; the latter objects could be runaway stars or large-amplitude
binary systems and further spectroscopy is required to investigate their
nature.
