Element record MCC1785 - Roman skeleton with jet bracelet, Lexden Road, Colchester

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Roman skeleton with jet bracelet found under Lexden Road in 1930.

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Grid reference TL 98847 24952 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Skeleton with jet bracelet found under Lexden Road in 1930.<1> When a water main trench reached a point opposite Oxford Road, a human skeleton was found, wearing a fine jet bracelet on one arm. Only part of the body could be removed, as the skull lay under the telephone cable.<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.293, No. 33, p.254.
  • <2> Serial: Colchester Museums. 1933. Colchester Museum Reports 1925-1933. 1925-1933. p.8;33.

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Dec 12 2016 8:51AM

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