Site Event/Activity record ECC316 - Tessellated pavement, Albion Court, Colchester, 1848

Location

Location Albion Court, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99850 25104 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Wire, William (Mr)

Date

1848

Map

Description

Wire's Diary notes ' Visited the sewerage works Long Wire Street when continuing the drain down Albion Court a tessellated pavement was discovered opposite the third and fourth doors on the north side of the court' (Wire, Diary 3/9/1848). <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> DIARY: Wire, William. 1842-1857. Journal of William Wire. 3/9/1848.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 38, No 54, page 212.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 12:33PM

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