Site Event/Activity record ECC338 - Tessellated floor under Bus Garage, Queen Street, Colchester, 1935

Location

Location Bus Garage, Queen Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99980 25049 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Rudsdale, E. J. (Mr)

Date

1935

Map

Description

In May 1935 Mr E.J. Rudsdale noted a red tessellated floor at the back of the Omnibus Garage, near to the trench dug in 1931. Depth 4ft 6". <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 39, No 144, page 215.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman tessellated pavement, Bus Garage, Queen Street, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 12:58PM

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