Site Event/Activity record ECC129 - Wall observed in cellar of 17 Queen Street, Colchester, 1966
Location
Location | Queen Street |
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Grid reference | TL 99946 25165 (point) |
Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Dunnett, Rosalind
Date
1966
Description
In 1966 extensive alterations were made to the cellar of 17 Queen Street on the south west corner of Culver Street and Queen Street. The floor of the cellar was lowered by 18 inches and this revealed a massive east west wall made of pale mortar and septaria. About halfway across the cellar from the east wall a rather slighter north-south wall joined it from the north. Surrounding the north face of the east-west wall on both sides of the north-south one was a deposit of made earth, clay and sand with flack of charcoal and many small stones, which was probably made-up for the floor. It produced early second century coarse pottery.<1>See map <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC806 Roman wall, cellar of 17 Queen Street, Colchester (Element)
Record last edited
Jan 18 2016 1:36PM