Site Event/Activity record ECC158 - Tessellated pavement found behind brewery, Sixth Form College, North Hill, Colchester, 1845

Location

Location Sixth Form College, North Hill, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99258 25447 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Wire, William (Mr)

Date

May 1845

Map

Description

Wire's diary records 'Portion of a Roman tessellated pavement has been discovered in a field behind the brewery at the bottom of North Hill, under it was a quantity of Charcoal' <1> <2><3>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> DIARY: Wire, William. 1842-1857. Journal of William Wire. 22/5/1845.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 1, No9, page 76.
  • <3> Article in serial: Wheeler, R. E. M. and Laver, P. G.. 1919. Roman Colchester. J.R.S. Volume IX page 139.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman tessellated pavement, Sixth Form College, North Hill, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 18 2016 2:07PM

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