Site Event/Activity record ECC645 - Road under Balkerne Gateway, Colchester, 1922

Location

Location Balkerne Gate, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99233 25190 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Laver, P. G. (Mr)

Date

1922

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P.G. Laver records 19" of gravel metalling lying on 9" of hard rammed loam, then sand, under the blocking wall of the Balkerne Gate.<1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> DIARY: Laver, P. G.. 1916-1940. P.G. Laver's Diary. 6/12/1922.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 64.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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

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Mar 10 2016 8:06AM

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