Site Event/Activity record ECC2389 - Record of Weeley's Tunnel, Colchester Castle, Colchester, 1683

Location

Location Castle Vaults, Colchester
Grid reference TL 9987 2534 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Morant, Philip (Mr)

Date

1683

Map

Description

Morant records the digging out of the Castle Vaults in 1683 'These fine spacios vaults were full of sand, on which the arches were turned. The sand was taken out at Considerable expense by John Weeley, who was endeavouring to pull the Castle down; and to carry off the sand he cut a cart way through the foundation wall near the NE corner, where the wall is thirty feet thickness'.<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. p162.

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2016 8:05AM

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