Site Event/Activity record ECC197 - Tessellated floor found on football pitch, Colchester, 1927/8

Location

Location
Grid reference TL 99979 25433 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Corporation

Date

1928/1929

Map

Description

Workmen planting a goalpost near the centre of the meadow came upon a red tessellated floor only 18in. below the surface. It appears that Hull mounted some kind of salvage operation, a detailed description of which is provided in Roman Colchester (see ECC793). <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 15, No 117, page 114.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman building, Hollytrees Meadow, Castle Park (Insula 15), Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2016 8:42AM

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