Monument record MCC2716 - Bastion 8, Town Wall, Colchester

Summary

Medieval Bastion, Town Wall, Vineyard Street.

Location

Grid reference TL 9969 2500 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Bastion dated c.1400.

Excavated at Lion Walk.<1>

Shown on Speed's 1610 map but not Morant's 1748 map.<2><3>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1981. CAR 3: Excavations at Lion Walk, Balkerne Lane and Middleborough, Colchester, Essex. 3. 30.
  • <2> Cartographic materials: Speed, J. 1610. Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain.
  • <3> Cartographic materials: Morant, Philip. 1763-1768. The Iconography of Colchester.

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Record last edited

Feb 6 2017 1:21PM

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