Site Event/Activity record ECC1283 - Military tombstone found just west of Essex County Hospital, Colchester, 1821
Location
| Location | Essex County Hospital, Oxford Road, Colchester |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 98864 24871 (point) |
| Map sheet | TL92SE |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Ordnance Survey
Date
1821
Description
Part of a Roman military tombstone found just west of Essex County Hospital.<1> Marked on 1876 OS map.<2> Part of a Purbeck marble tombstone 10 x 8 x 1.5" found in 1821 on the site of the Essex and Colchester Hospital, Colchester. Now among the Disney Marbles, in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Inscription reads 'To the spirits of the departed; in this mound lie buried the bones of a young man much regretted…everyone…Mucianus'.<3>
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 293, No 35.
- <2> SCC11 Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1876. 1876 OS 1:500 Maps of Colchester. 1:500. 12.7.
- <2> SCC72874 Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. c.1805. 1805 1 inch OS Maps of Colchester. 12.7.
- <3> SCC664 Monograph: Collingwood, R.G.. 1965. The Roman Inscriptions of Britain: Inscriptions on stone. I. p200.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC1366 Roman tombstone, Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester (Element)
Record last edited
Feb 23 2016 8:31AM