Site Event/Activity record ECC232 - Septaria walls in Culver Street, Colchester, 1926

Location

Location Culver Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99589 25152 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Hull, M. R. H. (Rex)

Date

1926

Map

Description

In 1926-7 the 'Oak Hall' behind Messrs Wrights' Restaurant on Culver Street was built and the level of the ground reduced. In this work remains of walls of septaria were observed, two running N-S and one E-W. They were fragmentary and yielded no coherent plan.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 27, No 93, page 195.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman wall, Culver Street, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Mar 16 2016 9:59AM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any more information about this record? Please feel free to comment with information and photographs, or ask any questions, using the "Disqus" tool below. Comments are moderated, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible.