Site Event/Activity record ECC691 - Road metalling outside Duncan's Gate, Castle Park, Colchester, 1931

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Location Duncan's Gate, Castle Park, Colchester
Grid reference TM 00037 25635 (point)
Map sheet TM02NW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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1931

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Description

In May 1930 gravel resembling Road metalling was observed 30 yards east of the Castle park boundary and 60 yards north of Duncan’s gate. Its surface was much broken by pits containing human bones.<1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Serial: Colchester Museums. 1933. Colchester Museum Reports 1925-1933. 1925-1933. 1931, p.7.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p.11.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Human remains found north of Duncan's Gate, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman road, running north from Duncan's Gate, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Oct 19 2018 8:50AM

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