Monument record MCC7931 - Colchester - St John's Abbey

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Part of a late Roman cemetery excavated in the grounds of St John's Abbey..

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Grid reference TL 998 248 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Part of a late Roman cemetery excavated in the grounds of St John's Abbey. <1> <2> <3> The cemetery was under a Saxon church which was built with reused, broken Roman materials. <4>

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  • <1> DESC TEXT: Crummy, P. unknown. SMR.
  • <2> MENTION: Crummy, P in Huggins, PJ. 1974. Archaeology in Essex, 1972-73. No 48, p5.
  • <3> Artifact: Colchester Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Col Mus.
  • <4> MENTION: Crummy, P. 1981. Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester. No 39 (CAT rep 1), pp43-4.

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Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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