Element record MCC991 - Roman tessellated pavement, garden of St Mary's Cottage, Colchester

Summary

Roman tessellated pavement, garden of St Mary's Cottage, recorded in 1871.

Location

Grid reference TL 99281 25024 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

A tessellated pavement was found about 1871 in the garden of St Mary's Cottage. It was taken up and re-laid in the veranda of house. The site is marked on the 1876 1:500 map and Cutt's Plan.<1><2><3>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1876. 1876 OS 1:500 Maps of Colchester. 1:500.
  • <1> Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. c.1805. 1805 1 inch OS Maps of Colchester.
  • <2> Monograph: Cutts, Reverend Edward L.. 1889. Historic Towns, Colchester. map inside book.
  • <3> Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 33, No 88, p.207.

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2017 2:29PM

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