ECC1633 - Burial south of Railway Cutting near North Station, Colchester, 1846

Site Event/Activity record ECC1633 - Burial south of Railway Cutting near North Station, Colchester, 1846

Location

Location	Railway Cutting near North Station, Colchester
Grid reference	TL 99437 26360 (point)
Map sheet	TL92NE
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

UNSYSTEMATIC FIELDWALKING SURVEY

Organisation

Wire, William (Mr)

Date

1846

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Description

In William Wires Album he records that south of the railway cutting near North Station 'was found another amphora containing six glass vessels all but one were broken and an earthen lamp'. <1> <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SCC114 Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Roman Colchester II: Extramural and Walls. II. Fold out traced copy of Wires Map.
<2> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p257 No 90.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

MCC1894 Roman amphora and glass vessels, cutting near North Station, Colchester (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Feb 10 2016 11:43AM

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