Monument record MCC5676 - Colchester Eastern Town Walls

Summary

Repairs done to eastern town walls

Location

Grid reference TM 0017 2539 (point)
Map sheet TM02NW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Report on the repairs undertaken on the eastern Roman walls of Colchester town. The outer facing of the wall had been lost or replaced over time, probably due to post-medieval robbing of building materials from the wall. Medieval stonework had been incorporated into 19th or 20th century buttressing <1>

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  • <1> DESC TEXT: Orr, Kate. 2010. Rear of 11-57 Roman Road and the Quaker Burial Ground, Colchester.

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Record last edited

Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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