Monument record MCC8024 - Colchester - St Peter's Vicarage
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 9931 2529 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Type and Period (5)
Full Description
Foundations, floors, painted plaster, etc, found at a depth of 3-4ft in the garden of St Peter's Vicarage at various times since 1844. <1> <3> There are various relevant entries in Wire's diary, eg: 16.3.1843; "a beautiful mosaic pavement was discovered and covered up again" 24.3.45;"The Rev S Carr sent .. some fragments of a Roman house wall painted, found in the garden .... No part of it can be dug to the depth of 3-4ft but some Roman remains are found, principally foundations and concrete floors". <1> <2> Other ref given in source 1. <4>
Observations were made of groundworks for a new sewer-trench. Part of a possible Roman tessellated floor and a probable robber trench. These features may have been from a house fronting the Roman street. An almost complete Roman jar may be part of a votive deposit associated with the house. <5>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SEX65587 Watching Brief Report: Orr, Kate. 2001. An archaeological watching brief at St Peter's Vicarage, North Hill, Colchester, Essex. CAT Report 156.
- <1> SEX33867 DESC TEXT: Hull, MR. 1958. Roman Colchester. p146.
- <2> SEX11977 DESC TEXT: Wire, W. unknown. Wire Diary. 16-3-1843, 24-3-1845.
- <3> SEX373 DESC TEXT: Trans Essex Archaeological Soc. unknown. Trans Essex Archaeol Soc. Old Series, Vol 5, p155.
- <4> SEX76 DESC TEXT: RCHME. 1922. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex - Volume 3. Vol 3, p22.
Finds (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Nov 3 2015 11:41AM