MCC1014 - Roman tessellated pavement, Long Wyre Street, Colchester

Element record MCC1014 - Roman tessellated pavement, Long Wyre Street, Colchester

Roman tessellated pavement, Long Wyre Street, recorded in the mid 19th century.

Grid reference	TL 99828 25042 (point)
Map sheet	TL92NE
County	ESSEX
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Wire's Album records a pavement of 'coarse red tesserae', at the southern end of Long Wire Street.<1><2>

<1> SCC77 Unpublished document: Wire, William. Wire's Album.
<2> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 38, No 56, p.212.

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