Site Event/Activity record ECC195 - Walling recorded in Castle Park, Colchester, 1929
Location
| Location | Castle Park, Colchester |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 99967 25348 (point) |
| Map sheet | TL92NE |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Unknown
Date
1929
Description
Following the excavation of the 'Mithraeum' in 1929 a small amount of levelling was done in the meadow, and the remains of Roman walling were struck just below the surface. A fragment running approximately N-S was nearly 9ft long and 18in wide; three courses of septaria remained. On the east side of this another wall had abutted with a straight joint, but only about 18in of it remained. The thickness and material were the same. These walls stood in gravely soil, perhaps the subsoil.<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 15, No 119b, page 114.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC891 Roman wall, Castle Park near 'Mithraeum', Colchester (Element)
Record last edited
Jan 19 2016 8:44AM