Site Event/Activity record ECC1553 - Urns from Vint Crescent, Colchester, 1848
Location
| Location | Vint Crescent, Colchester |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 98288 24894 (point) |
| Map sheet | TL92SE |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Vint, H. Alderman, F.S.A.
Date
1848
Description
A large fine house, known as St Mary's Lodge occupied the land now taken up by Vint Crescent. On 24/2/1848 Alderman Vint reported "I have been trenching the paddock near my house and...have several Roman urns discovered by my labourers; the last makes the tenth, I believe, most of them broken; the contents of nearly all were similar to those usually found here, burnt and partly burnt human bones…the sizes vary from 6 to 11" high. The first one was...enclosed in a cist...of Roman tiles of which two are quite perfect, 11 1/4" by 16 by 2 2/4 ". The others are much broken...There is also something like a foundation near where this urn was found".<1><2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SCC275 Serial: British Archaeological Association. 1843. Vol. III Journal of the British Archaeological Association. Vol. III. p57.
- <2> SCC114 Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Roman Colchester II: Extramural and Walls. II. p.64.
- <3> SCC226 Index: Essex County Council. 1972. Colchester SMR (computer). 11980.
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- MCC2308 Roman cremation burial, Vint Crescent, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2309 Roman cremation burial, Vint Crescent, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2310 Roman cremation burial, Vint Crescent, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2311 Roman cremation burial, Vint Crescent, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2312 Roman cremation burial, Vint Crescent, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2313 Roman cremation burial, Vint Crescent, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2314 Roman cremation burial, Vint Crescent, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2315 Roman cremation burial, Vint Crescent, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2316 Roman cremation burial, Vint Crescent, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2317 Roman cremation burial, Vint Crescent, Colchester (Element)
Record last edited
Feb 10 2016 3:45PM