Site Event/Activity record ECC315 - Tessellated pavement, Long Wyre Street, Colchester, 1846

Location

Location Long Wyre Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99783 25080 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Hull, M. R. H. (Rex)

Date

1846

Map

Description

Wire's Diary 'Mr James Saxty of Long Wire Street , informs me that under his house is a mosaic tessellated Roman Pavement, and another in the yard, two doors north of Victoria Place, Long Wire Street' . The exact location of Saxty's house is not known. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> DIARY: Wire, William. 1842-1857. Journal of William Wire. 28/10/1846.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 37, No 184, page 212.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman tessellated pavement, Long Wyre Street, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 12:53PM

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