Site Event/Activity record ECC2318 - Tessellated pavement, St Mary's Rectory, Colchester, 1959

Location

Location St Mary's Rectory, Balkerne Gardens, Colchester
Grid reference TL 9930 2515 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Unassigned

Date

1959

Map

Description

A tessellated floor was found when a cable trench was dug in 1959 on the eastern side of the Victorian St Mary's Rectory. The floor lay "opposite the north side of the house and 16ft from it".<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 18 2016 9:02AM

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