MCC2107 - Roman tessellated pavement, garden of Trinity House, Lion Walk, Colchester

Element record MCC2107 - Roman tessellated pavement, garden of Trinity House, Lion Walk, Colchester

Roman tessellated pavement, garden of Trinity House, recorded in 1748.

Grid reference	TL 99673 25111 (point)
Map sheet	TL92NE
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

In 1748 and subsequently a tessellated pavement has been uncovered in the garden of Trinity House, nearly 3ft. below the surface.<1><2>

<1> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 28, No 73, p.196.
<2> SCC40 Monograph: Morant, Philip. 1768. The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex. Volume I. iii, p.21.

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