Site Event/Activity record ECC1346 - Lead coffin, Salvation Army Barracks, St John's Street, Colchester, 1887

Location

Location Salvation Army Barracks, St John's Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99497 24872 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Unknown

Date

1887

Map

Description

Lead coffin found at the back of the Salvation Army Barracks in 1887, with other inhumation and cremation burials.<1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 294, No 102.
  • <2> Index: Essex County Council. 1972. Colchester SMR (computer). SMR 13187.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman lead coffin, St John's Street, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Feb 27 2016 4:19PM

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