Element record MCC1416 - Roman lead coffin, St John's Street, Colchester

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Roman lead coffin, St John's Street, recorded in 1887.

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Grid reference TL 99497 24872 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Lead coffin found at the back of the Salvation Army Barracks in 1887, (with other inhumation and cremation burials).<1><2>

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  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p.294, No 102.
  • <2> Index: Essex County Council. 1972. Colchester SMR (computer). SMR13187.

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Jan 30 2017 1:46PM

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