Picture No | 10215340 |
Date | 1852 |
Description | Roman pavement in Cannon Street |
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A Roman tesselated pavement discovered by workmen at a depth of 12 feet from the surface. The pavement, made up of tiles of red tesserae was without pattern. A vault destroyed by the building works still contained fragments of Samian red pottery.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 17 April 1852 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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