Site Event/Activity record ECC864 - Excavation of Section VI, Town Wall, 1948

Location

Location East Hill House, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TM 00190 25159 (6m by 2m)
Map sheet TM02NW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Appleby, R. J. (Lt-Col.)

Date

1948

Map

Description

A trench was cut at right angles to the town wall at a point 70 ft. south of the centre line of bastion 1. The point was selected in an attempt to avoid earlier excavations by P.G. Laver, and to investigate the possibility of an internal tower on the site. The work was undertaken by volunteers, in particular Lt-Col. Appleby. In addition to the foundations of the Roman wall, the rampart and a pit were uncovered.<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. p46-48.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Rampart of the Roman town walls, Colchester (Monument)
  • Town Wall, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Dec 8 2016 9:50AM

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