Site Event/Activity record ECC690 - Roman Street outside Greyfriars, Colchester, 1930

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Location Greyfriars, High Street, Colchester
Grid reference TM 00061 25261 (point)
Map sheet TM02NW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Laver, P. G. (Mr)

Date

1930

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In 1930 the excavation of the pathway at the entrance to Greyfriars revealed the surface of a Roman street running N-S. Its east side coincides with the marks on the wall of East Hill House showing the boundary of All Saints and St James's parishes. The metalling was small gravel, exactly as in the former sections of this street, 2ft to 2.5ft from the surface and 18ft wide. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> DIARY: Laver, P. G.. 1916-1940. P.G. Laver's Diary. 3/9/1930.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 75.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman street between Insulae 23 & 24, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 12 2016 10:17AM

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