Site Event/Activity record ECC1216 - Roman pottery found at Serpentine Walk, Colchester, 1934
Location
Location | Serpentine Walk, Colchester |
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Grid reference | TL 99528 26015 (point) |
Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Unknown
Date
1934
Description
Record of a quantity of Roman pottery found at Serpentine Walk (in Strowlger's and Humm's ground), including fragments of Amphora and mortaria. A handwritten note in the paper SMR, possibly by Rex Hull records 'although not positive, probably a Kiln site of c.200AD, found just at the corner of Margaret Road'.<1><2> This may be the same as the finds mentioned in the Museum Journal 'Serpentine Walk. Indications of the presence of Roman kilns here have been noted from time to time; a further batch of pottery includes two mortarium rims stamped by Martinus, one of the potters of the kilns found in 1933 in field 1074. The position is at the corner of Margatet Road. COLEM 1938.15.'<3> See also comments by Hull in <4>
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SCC222 Unpublished document: Unknown. 1934. SMR file: Serpentine Walk.
- <2> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 248.
- <3> SCC161 Serial: Colchester Museums. 1962. Colchester Museum Reports 1934-1962. 1937-1944, p19.
- <4> SCC119 Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1963. The Roman Potters Kilns of Colchester. XXI. p.175.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC1341 Pottery, Sepentine Walk (Find Spot)
Record last edited
Feb 11 2016 1:14PM