MCC849 - Roman tessellated pavement, Stockwell Street, Colchester

Element record MCC849 - Roman tessellated pavement, Stockwell Street, Colchester

Roman tessellated pavement, Stockwell Street, recorded by William Wire in the 19th century.

Grid reference	TL 99645 25444 (point)
Map sheet	TL92NE
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

A red pavement is marked by Wire on the plan in his copy of Morant<1> under a large building opposite the E-W portion of Stockwell Street.<2>

<1> SCC75 Monograph: Morant, Philip. 1748. History of Colchester (Wire's copy).
<2> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 4, No 188, p.80.

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