Site Event/Activity record ECC205 - Roman remains under vegetable market, St Runwalds Street, Colchester, 1878

Location

Location St Runwalds Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99580 25276 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Ordnance Survey

Date

1878

Map

Description

A 'Roman Villa' is marked on the 1878 OS 1:500 map under the vegetable market, St Runwalds Street. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 19, No 189, page 151.
  • <1> Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1876. 1876 OS 1:500 Maps of Colchester. 1:500.
  • <1> Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. c.1805. 1805 1 inch OS Maps of Colchester.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman wall (described as 'villa' by antiquarians), St Runwalds Street, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2016 11:44AM

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