Monument record MCC817 - Roman building, Queen Street, Colchester

Summary

Roman building with tesselated floor on east side of Queen Street, next to Bus Park entrance, recorded in 1969.

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Grid reference TL 99943 25120 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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A Roman building with tessellated floor.
During construction of St James House 1969, remains of a tessellated floor were found by the workmen, just east of present pavement. East of this again were North-South and East-West walls, apparently of a corridor in the same house.<1> A map of the features uncovered has been published.<2>

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  • <1> DESC TEXT: Dunnett, B. Rosalind. K.. 1971. Inventory of Roman Colchester (unpublished MA thesis). Insula 31 No 2.
  • <2> Serial: The Essex Society for Archaeology and History. 1889. Vol. 3 (New Series) Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. Vol. III. pp.108-109 No 2.

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Jan 23 2017 11:31AM

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