Site Event/Activity record ECC268 - Old wall found in Culver Street, Colchester, 1849

Location

Location Culver Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99855 25172 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1849

Map

Description

A note in the J.B.A.A. records that 'opposite the grammar school (on Culver Street.), ... an old wall was found crossing the street at right angles, exhibiting the usual hardness and compactness'. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Serial: British Archaeological Association. 1850. Vol. V (Old Series) Journal of the British Archaeological Association. OS Vol. V. JBAA, Vol 5 p86.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 30, No 49, page 203.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman wall, Culver Street, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 8:26AM

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