Site Event/Activity record ECC1334 - Roman burial at Turner Rise, Colchester, 1846

Location

Location Turner Rise, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99437 26398 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Wire, William (Mr)

Date

1846

Map

Description

During work on the railway cutting near Turner Rise William Wire recorded 'A large size amphora was found containing a cinerary urn with calcined bones with a lid....There were several urns nearby containing calcined bones'.<1><2><3> The reference is from Wires Album which has not been located.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Roman Colchester: Walls and Within. fold out map on tracing paper.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 257, page 294 No 89.
  • <3> Index: Essex County Council. 1972. Colchester SMR (computer). SMR 11799.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman cremation burial, Turner Rise, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Feb 27 2016 3:59PM

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