ECC1307 - Lead coffins found at Mill Place on Butt Road, Colchester, 1838

Site Event/Activity record ECC1307 - Lead coffins found at Mill Place on Butt Road, Colchester, 1838

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Location	Mill Place, Butt Road, Colchester
Grid reference	TL 99270 24799 (point)
Map sheet	TL92SE
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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UNSYSTEMATIC FIELDWALKING SURVEY

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Ordnance Survey

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1838

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Lead coffins found in 1838 (although Rex Hull also notes that a discovery may also have been made in 1854?) at the back of Mill Place (on Butt Road).<1> Marked on 1876 OS map.<2>

Sources/Archives (3)

<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 55.
<2> SCC11 Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1876. 1876 OS 1:500 Maps of Colchester. 1:500. 12.11.
<2> SCC72874 Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. c.1805. 1805 1 inch OS Maps of Colchester. 12.11.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

MCC1383 Roman lead coffin, Butt Road, Colchester (Element)
MCC1385 Roman lead coffin, Butt Road, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Feb 24 2016 2:24PM

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