ECC311 - Tessellated pavement, No 5 Lion Walk, Colchester, 1856

Site Event/Activity record ECC311 - Tessellated pavement, No 5 Lion Walk, Colchester, 1856

Location

Location	5 Lion Walk, Colchester
Grid reference	TL 99692 25063 (point)
Map sheet	TL92NE
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)

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Ordnance Survey

Date

1856

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Description

Wire's diary notes 'Mr Joseph Dennis, clerk at the Round meeting (Lion Walk Chapel) discovered a pavement of red tesserae when digging the grave for Mr Edward Brett near the wall opposite No 5 Lion Walk'. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SCC36 DIARY: Wire, William. 1842-1857. Journal of William Wire. 15/4/1856.
<2> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 36, page 211.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

MCC1008 Roman tessellated pavement, Lion Walk, Colchester (Element)

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Jan 20 2016 12:50PM

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