Site Event/Activity record ECC293 - Tessellated pavement, St Mary's Cottage, Church Walk, Colchester, 1871

Location

Location St Mary's Cottage, Church Walk, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99281 25023 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Cutts, E. L. (Rev)

Date

1871

Map

Description

A tessellated pavement was found about 1871 in the garden of St Mary's Cottage. It was taken up and re-laid in the veranda of house. The site is marked on the 1876 1:500 map and Cutt's Plan. <1><2><3>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1876. 1876 OS 1:500 Maps of Colchester. 1:500.
  • <1> Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. c.1805. 1805 1 inch OS Maps of Colchester.
  • <2> Monograph: Cutts, Reverend Edward L.. 1889. Historic Towns, Colchester. map inside book.
  • <3> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 33, No 88, page 207.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman tessellated pavement, garden of St Mary's Cottage, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 8:10AM

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