Element record MCC2376 - Roman wall, Castle Park, Colchester

Summary

Roman north-south wall discovered in Castle Park, 1927/8.

Location

Grid reference TL 99993 25521 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

Slight traces of a north-south Roman, septaria wall discovered during excavations in a Castle Park in 1927/8. The wall was thought to be one of three which belonged to a building (see also MCC2375 and MCC2377) and was situated 62 ft. west of the western edge of a drain culvert (see MCC1515). 'The remains were only about a foot thick and very fragmentary'.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p.90 (150).

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Oct 21 2016 10:54AM

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