Site Event/Activity record ECC387 - Large foundations in Crouch Street, Colchester, 1915

Location

Location Crouch Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 9926 2496 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Jarmin, A. M.

Date

1915

Map

Description

Considerable masses of Roman masonry were met with opposite Dr Renny's house (in Crouch Street) in situ, the footings evidently of a structure of some magnitude. The material was septaria and mortar [White]. <1><2><3>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Serial: The Essex Society for Archaeology and History. 1915. Vol. 13 (New Series) Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. Vol. XIII (New Series). p107.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 244, No 50.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1922. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): Essex, (North-East). Volume III. 9.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman wall, Crouch Street, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 11:56AM

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