Site Event/Activity record ECC295 - Tessellated pavement in St Mary's Churchyard, Colchester, 1871

Location

Location St Mary's Church, Church Walk, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99301 25055 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Ordnance Survey

Date

1871

Map

Description

Pieces of tessellated pavement have been found at considerable distances apart during grave-digging in St Mary's churchyard. These are marked on the 1876 1:500 OS map dated 1871.<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: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 33, No 89, page 208.
  • <3> Monograph: Morant, Philip. 1768. The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex. Volume I. iii, 21.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Roman tessellated pavement, St Mary's Churchyard, Colchester (Element)
  • St Mary's at the Walls Churchyard, Church Street, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 8:11AM

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