Monument record MCC8386 - Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 9993 2529 (40m by 530m) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
THe sixth N-S street from the west of the walled Roman town of Colchester. The metalling of this street has not been seen N of the High Street. Its position is fixed by the SE angle of insula 6 where its metalling had been destroyed, and the NE angle of insula 22. Its course points to the tower on the N wall. One exposure is noted S of the High Street. I 1938 a long trench for a drain was cut from Queen Street on the S side of the back entrance of the Eastern National Omnibus Company garage; section in source 1. Upon an accumulation of earlier habitations lay road metal of yellow gravel. The total width of the metalling was 25.5ft. The surface of the eastern half had a very blakc layer which was missing from the W half which instead had a heavy make-up of black gravel. On the W was the wall of insula 38, 2ft thick built of septaria laid in yellow mortar. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SEX33867 DESC TEXT: Hull, MR. 1958. Roman Colchester. p73.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Nov 3 2015 11:41AM