Site Event/Activity record ECC390 - Tessellated pavement, Priory Street, Colchester, 1876

Location

Location Priory Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99992 25016 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Ordnance Survey

Date

1876

Map

Description

A tessellated pavement and urn were found under the middle of Priory Street. It is plotted on the 1876 1:500 OS map <1> and on Cutts Plan. <2><3>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1876. 1876 OS 1:500 Maps of Colchester. 1:500.
  • <1> Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. c.1805. 1805 1 inch OS Maps of Colchester.
  • <2> Monograph: Cutts, Reverend Edward L.. 1889. Historic Towns, Colchester. map inside book. i,4.
  • <3> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. No 63, page 244.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman tessellated pavement, Priory Street, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 11:52AM

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