Element record MCC960 - Roman wall, near St Nicholas Church, Colchester

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Roman wall, near St Nicholas Church, recorded in 1849.

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Grid reference TL 99801 25164 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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In 1849 Wire noted, 'opposite St. Nicholas Church...was a wall foundation of the usual adhesive character, and the operation of breaking it up was difficult. Further on, nearly opposite the Wesleyan Chapel a quality of fragments of thin slabs of marble'.<1><2>

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  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 29, No 69, p.202.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1953. 1:2500 OS Map 1953. JBAA Vol 15, p.86.

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Oct 10 2016 4:04PM

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