Monument record MCC7087 - Section across Roman road at Rayner's Farm, Colchester

Summary

Section across Roman Colchester to Maldon road (MCC2529) at Rayner's Farm, excavated by Hull in 1936.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9773 2337 (66m by 76m)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Section across Roman (Colchester to Maldon) road at Rayner's Farm excavated by Hull in 1936.<1><2><3>

Hull states, 'The width of the road indicated is rather over 30 ft. [c.9.15m] in our diagram, but the uncertainty in which we are left by the features which resemble five ditches, and the difficulty in deciding which gravel is undisturbed and which may have been road-metal, makes definite conclusions impossible. One thing is certain, the 'tramline' exists in the ground and it is Roman. It was certainly a road.<2>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
  • <2> Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p.10 & Fig. 2 no. 1.
  • <3> DESC TEXT: unknown. unknown. Catalogue of Excavations and Observations. no.16.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 14 2016 8:27AM

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