Site Event/Activity record ECC374 - Tessellated pavement & burials, Nurses Quarters, Essex County Hospital, Colchester, 1931

Location

Location Essex County Hospital, Oxford Road, Colchester
Grid reference TL 98870 24874 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Unknown

Date

1931

Map

Description

Several fragments of red tessellated pavement were found when cutting the foundations of the nurses quarters at the Essex County Hospital. Some which lay in the line of the walls were removed and others were covered by the buildings. No exact positions are recorded.<1><2><3> The same building work in 1931 appears to have revealed blocks of urn burials.<3><4> Grave Group 558 was uncovered on the site of the boiler room of the Nurses Quarters.<5>

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1922. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): Essex, (North-East). Volume III. RCHME., 29, 4.
  • <2> Serial: The Essex Society for Archaeology and History. 1909. Vol. 10 (New Series) Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. Vol. X (New Series). p.89.
  • <3> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. No 35, p 243,p251(see note 3),253,293.
  • <4> Serial: Colchester Museums. 1933. Colchester Museum Reports 1925-1933. 1925-1933. 1932,p3.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Unknown. Inventory of Grave Groups. No 558.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Roman cremation burial, Nurses Home, Oxford Road, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman tessellated pavement, Essex County Hospital, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jul 27 2017 8:01AM

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