Site Event/Activity record ECC644 - Roman Road in Popes Lane, Colchester, 1922

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Location Popes Lane, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99209 25196 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Civil Parish CHAPPEL, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Laver, P. G. (Mr)

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1922

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P.G. Laver records that 'A pit was sunk at the entrance of Pope's Lane on Balkerne Hill….and revealed part of the Roman Road as it emerged from the Balkerne Gate. The remains were fragmentary, owing to earlier trenching, which had, inter alia, destroyed the margins of the road so that their nature remains uncertain'.<1> The exact position of the pit is not known.<2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> DIARY: Laver, P. G.. 1916-1940. P.G. Laver's Diary. 2/8/1922.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 3.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Road between fortress/town and main Colchester to London Road (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 10 2016 8:06AM

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