Site Event/Activity record ECC2317 - Tessellated pavement at St Mary's Rectory, Colchester, 1968

Location

Location St Mary's Rectory, Balkerne Gardens, Colchester
Grid reference
Map sheet
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Unassigned

Date

1968

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Description

In 1968, a tessellated floor was revealed in a drainage trench cut while the Rectory was being built. The floor was only '60ft west of that excavated in 1965'.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Serial: The Essex Society for Archaeology and History. 1889. Vol. 3 (New Series) Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. Vol. III. p63.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman tessellated pavement, St Mary's Rectory, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Mar 16 2016 9:59AM

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