Site Event/Activity record ECC954 - Excavation at No.10 North Hill, Colchester, 1937-1939

Location

Location North Hill / West Stockwell Street, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 9951 2535 (63m by 32m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Winkles, C. A..

Date

1938

Map

Description

Excavation of 25 trenches in the back garden of No.10 North Hill. The excavations revealed the remains of at least one Roman house including red tessellated pavements and one mosaic, at a depth of 4ft together with a gravel metalling for a Roman road and footway.<1><2><3>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Roman Colchester: Walls and Within. Insula 11 (Plans).
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p.104.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Hull, M. R.. 1937/1952. SMR file: 10 North Hill excavation.

Related Monuments/Buildings (6)

  • Footway or path along the west side of Insula 11, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman mosaic pavement within Insula 11, east of North Hill, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman street, Colchester (Monument)
  • Roman tessellated pavement within Insula 11, east of North Hill, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman tessellated pavement within Insula 11, east of North Hill, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman tessellated pavement within Insula 11, east of North Hill, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Oct 26 2016 11:31AM

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