Site Event/Activity record ECC263 - Wall near sewerage works, Culver Street, Colchester, 1848

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Location Culver Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99791 25181 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Wire, William (Mr)

Date

1848

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Wires Diary records 'Visited the sewerage works, Culver St. A foundation of similar character to the town walls opposite the residence of Mr Worts surgeon, has been found 5ft below the surface. So hard and compact is it. Etc… The site cannot now be identified'. <1><2>

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  • <1> DIARY: Wire, William. 1842-1857. Journal of William Wire. 2/10/1848.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 29, No 61, page 202.

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Jan 20 2016 8:30AM

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