Site Event/Activity record ECC838 - Excavation of Bastion 4, Colchester, 1934

Location

Location Priory Street Car park, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TM 00058 25056 (6m by 4m)
Map sheet TM02NW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Hull, M. R. H. (Rex)

Date

July 1934

Map

Description

Excavation on the site of Bastion 4 of the town wall followed the demolition of some small cottages in 1934. The investigations revealed the foundations of the Bastion.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p50-51.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Bastion 4, Town Wall, Colchester (Monument)
  • Town Wall, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 8 2016 1:50PM

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