MCC1006 - Roman tessellated pavement, Lion Walk, Colchester

Element record MCC1006 - Roman tessellated pavement, Lion Walk, Colchester

Summary

Roman tessellated pavement, Lion Walk, recorded in 1844.

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Grid reference	TL 99704 25036 (point)
Map sheet	TL92NE
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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TESSELLATED FLOOR (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Full Description

Wire's Diary notes, 'Mr Joseph Dennis, clerk of the Lion Walk Chapel informs me that when he was digging a grave for the son of Mr J.B. Harvey (about 30ft east of Lion Walk) in the chapel ground, he came upon a tessellated pavement, but could get none of it up whole'.<1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SCC36 DIARY: Wire, William. 1842-1857. Journal of William Wire. 22/3/1844.
<2> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 36, No 71, p.211.

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Event - Interpretation: Tessellated pavement, Lion Walk, Colchester, 1844 (Ref: ECC309) (ECC309)

Record last edited

Oct 10 2016 3:25PM