Site Event/Activity record ECC329 - Wall and pavements at former Soldiers Home, Queen Street, Colchester, 1939

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Location Former Soldiers Home, Queen Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99920 25069 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Hull, M. R. H. (Rex)

Date

1939

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The excavations for building the new Police Station on the site of the former Soldiers' Home in Queen Street were carried out in 1939 with such speed that adequate observation of the finds was impossible. Remains of a Roman wall were found and red tessellated pavements, but they could not be planned. See Hull's 'Roman Colchester' for details of small finds'. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 38, No 195, page 215.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Roman tessellated pavement, Old Police Station, Queen Street, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman wall, Old Police Station, Queen Street, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 12:26PM

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