Probable Roman road and coins at Dovercourt (EHER 3410)

Approximate line of "mutilated parts of a considerable stone pavement", reported by Morant as running S from the town gate to Beacon Hill. Roman coins were found suggesting possible communication route between Colchester and Walton Fort.

Approximate line of "mutilated parts of a considerable stone pavement", reported by Morant as running S from the town gate to Beacon Hill. Roman coins were found in its make-up. Associated with bank and ditch. <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> Interpreted as a Roman road from Colchester to Harwich, and across the harbour to the former fort at Walton. <6> Information from NRHE The high road, called "The Street", which ran (in the 18th Century) between Beacon Hill (TM 2605 3175) and the old town of Harwich (TM 26 32) contained, in places, mutilated parts of a considerably large stone pavement with Roman coins on its course. It has been suggested that this "Roman Road" may be part of the communication between Colchester and the destroyed fort at Walton by Felixstowe (TM 3226 3579) (3). The Roman coins were, in 1768, formerly in the possession of Mr Bagnal (a naval officer at Harwich). <4> <2> <6> No further information discovered regarding this road or these coins. "The Street" is not shown on the old maps consulted and there is no knowledge regarding it. <7>