Site Event/Activity record ECC127 - Hearth recorded in Head Gate Court, Colchester, 1964

Location

Location Head Gate Court, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99386 25044 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Dunnett, Rosalind

Date

September 1964

Map

Description

In September 1964 a stanchion hole was dug behind No ?(no. missing) Head Gate Court ? (no missing) ft south from the yard gate right up against the back wall of the present building. This hole revealed a small part of a pink opus signinum floor with a tiled hearth on it much burnt and associated with 2nd/3rd century pottery. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: Dunnett, B. Rosalind. K.. 1971. Inventory of Roman Colchester (unpublished MA thesis). Insula 33 No 8.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman hearth, behind Head Gate Court, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 18 2016 1:34PM

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