ECC318 - Roman Wall, Long Wyre Street, Colchester, 1848

Site Event/Activity record ECC318 - Roman Wall, Long Wyre Street, Colchester, 1848

Location

Location	Long Wyre Street, Colchester
Grid reference	TL 9982 2507 (point)
Map sheet	TL92NE
County	ESSEX
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)

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Wire, William (Mr)

Date

1848

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Wire records a wall crossing Long Wire Street at an angle. The exact position of which is not known but is plotted roughly as No 12 in fig 100 of Hull's 'Roman Colchester'. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SCC77 Unpublished document: Wire, William. Wire's Album.
<2> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 38, No 55, page 212.

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Jan 20 2016 12:32PM

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