Site Event/Activity record ECC199 - Tessellated pavement St Peter's Churchyard, Colchester, 1842

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Location St Peter's Church, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99422 25227 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Wire, William (Mr)

Date

1842

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Wire's diary 12/12/1842 'In digging a grave in St Peters churchyard adjoining Mr Green senior. For his grand-daughter, about seven feet below the surface a concrete floor of Roman work was discovered, which probably was the foundation for a tessellated pavement'. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> DIARY: Wire, William. 1842-1857. Journal of William Wire. 12/12/1842.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 18, No 16, page 150.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman concrete floor (base for Tessellated Pavement?), St Peter's Church, Colchester (Element)

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Jan 19 2016 8:39AM

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