Site Event/Activity record ECC2531 - Purbeck Marble Dedication Slab, Colchester, 1764

Location

Location Colchester
Grid reference
Map sheet
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Unassigned

Date

1764

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Description

Dedication slab of Purbeck marble found in 1764 in a ditch on the side of the Roman cemetery, 'about one mile west of Mr Morants house' (Soc Antiquaries Minutes).<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Collingwood, R.G.. 1965. The Roman Inscriptions of Britain: Inscriptions on stone. I. RIB 193.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Purbeck Marble Dedication Slab (Altar) (Element)

Record last edited

Mar 21 2016 8:24AM

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