Site Event/Activity record ECC1518 - Finds from Grammar School, Lexden Road, Colchester, 1909

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Location Grammar School, Lexden Road, Colchester
Grid reference TL 98725 24819 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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1909

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In 1909 alterations to the terracing on the west side of the Grammar School resulted in several finds, chief of which was a large female head, veiled and diademed in sandstone. It was on a square base and is clearly from a tomb. It was found 'where the balustrade connects with the wall on the west'.<1> Part of an inscription was also found, made from a thinnish slab of Purbeck marble dedicated to a Roman soldier.<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. p254.
  • <2> Serial: 1957-. The Essex Journal. xix, 164.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Roman carved head and marble inscription, Colchester Grammar School, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Tombstone, Colchester Grammar School (Element)

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Feb 11 2016 9:23AM

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