Monument record MCC7544 - Roman road route seen at Easthorpe

Summary

Course of Roman road.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 904 213 (3302m by 556m)
Map sheet TL92SW
Civil Parish COPFORD, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Course of Roman road. <1> A trial trench to establish the position of the road at 923216 failed to locate any evidence of road surfaces. <2> Photo in SMR. <3>
A watching brief on the Anglian water pipeline found possible prehitoric site at Copford, sectioned Grymes Dyke, Roman road deposits. Sequence of road layers seen clearest in vicinity of St Marys church. <4>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: de Brisay, K and Eddy, MR. 1981. Excavations in Essex 1979. vol 16 p4.
  • <3> AP: McMaster, I. 1980. AP by McMaster.
  • < 4> DESC TEXT: Crossan, C. unknown. Stanway to Messing Water Main.

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Record last edited

Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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