Site Event/Activity record ECC357 - Tessellated pavement, opposite Victoria Inn, Colchester, 1929

Location

Location North Station Road, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 99346 25777 (13m by 3m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Laver, P. G. (Mr)

Date

1929

Map

Description

Laver notes in his diary that in 1929 , opposite the lane by the Victoria Inn the trench cut through another wall, very diagonal, so that it appeared to be 7ft wide, Laver estimated its real thickness as about 2ft 4". He also records that a Roman pavement had been found under the modern path and street opposite the Victoria Inn, and shows the area of this covering the end of the lane and extending about the width of the lane further, both north and south of it. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> DIARY: Laver, P. G.. 1916-1940. P.G. Laver's Diary. May, 1929.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 241.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Roman pavement, North Station Road, Cochester (Element)
  • Roman tessellated Pavement, North Station Road, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 12:17PM

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