Monument record MCC2102 - Road along slighted Prettygate Dyke, Colchester

Summary

Roman road along slighted Prettygate Dyke.

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Grid reference TL 97576 24256 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Christopher Hawkes argued that Prettygate Dyke was slighted and used as a platform for an unhealed Roman Road. The road is projected westwards towards the entrance in Gryme's Dyke where a metalled surface was recorded. <1>

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  • <1> Serial: Hawkes, Christopher, F. C. & Crummy, Philip. 1995. CAR 11: Camulodunum II. 11. p.48.

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Jan 24 2017 11:33AM

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