Site Event/Activity record ECC680 - Roman tip under Playhouse Theatre, Colchester, 1928

Location

Location Playhouse Theatre, St John's Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99463 24967 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Hull, M. R. H. (Rex)

Date

1928

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Observations made when the Playhouse Theatre and warehouse were built in 1928 showed that 'to a depth of eight feet over most of the site the soil consisted entirely of Roman tip, containing pottery, animal bones, oyster shells and other remains'. Pottery was particularly abundant on the theatre site. There was Roman pottery in the top-soil and practically no medieval. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Serial: Colchester Museums. 1933. Colchester Museum Reports 1925-1933. 1925-1933. 1929,page 29.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 255, No 125.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman tip, Playhouse Theatre, St John's Street, Colchester (Element Group)

Record last edited

Mar 9 2016 3:24PM

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