Site Event/Activity record ECC395 - Mosaic pavement, Osborne Street, Colchester, 1901

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Location Osborne Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99831 24896 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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1901

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A decorated mosaic pavement was found in Osborne Street in 1901. It is represented by a small fragment 'in white yellow, light blue and grey tesserae of small size'. It was given to the museum by COLEM 1907.1351, by Mr J.J. Arnold of the Bath Hotel, and was found while deepening a well on the hotel premises. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Serial: Colchester Museums. 1913. Colchester Museum Reports 1903-13. 1903-13. 1908, page 9.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. No 172, page 245.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman mosaic, Osborne Street, Colchester (Element)

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Jan 20 2016 11:50AM

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