Element record MCC1701 - Roman wall, Queen Street Bus Station, Colchester

Summary

Roman wall observed during the excavation of a sewer trench at the Queen Street Bus Station in 1958/9.

Location

Grid reference TM 00041 25148 (point)
Map sheet TM02NW
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A robbed-out Roman wall was observed during the excavation of a sewer trench on the Queen Street Bus Station site in 1958/9 (ECC1523). The robber trench indicated the line of the wall which ran roughly east-west and was about 1ft. 6in. thick. The sewer trench had cut through a doorway in the wall and the dressed stone, faced with mortar showed in the west section of the trench. The wall was situated immediately south of a 'floor' and to the north of a tessellated pavement (MCC1702).<1> This 'floor' may have been a covered footway between the wall, which formed the northern edge of a building (perhaps MCC1701) and the street to the north (MCC1467).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Article in serial: Richardson, K.M.. 1961. Excavations in Lewis's Gardens, Colchester, 1955 and 1958. The Essex Society for Archaeology and History Vol. 1, Part 1, pp.6-36. p.17.

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Record last edited

Feb 15 2018 11:34AM

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