Site Event/Activity record ECC3368 - Church Street and St Mary's Walk

Location

Location Church St & St Mary's Church.
Grid reference TL 9927 2509 (point) (Derived from Mon)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust (Essex CC)

Date

1979

Map

Description

Watching brief during the construction of a new sewer. The new pipe was laid along the centre of the street and joined to a sewer laid in 1973 through St Mary's Steps. Roman street metalling was observed at the base of the trench running the whole length of the stretch immediately N of the church. This fits the position of the street as calculated some years before on the basis of the position of the Roman drain opening at St Mary's Steps and the likely alignment of the street.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- DESC TEXT: Crummy, P. 1992. Colchester Archaeological Report 6. Excavations at Culver Street, Gilberd School and other sites in Colchester. pg. 367.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Colchester - Church Street and St Mary's Walk (Monument)

Record last edited

Nov 4 2015 2:45PM

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