Roman Pavement 130 Yards North of the Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. Archaeological site.

Roman Pavement 130 Yards North of the Castle

WRENN ID
woven-pedestal-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1971
Type
Archaeological site
OS grid reference
TL 998 254
Coordinates
51.89194, 0.90283
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Roman Pavement, located 130 yards north of the Castle, dates from the 1st century or later and was discovered in 1902. It is part of a complex of houses. The pavement consists of four panels made of plain red tessera, each approximately 1 inch square, with each panel being a different size and set at slightly different levels. The entire area measures about 14 yards by 7 yards and is bordered by modern York stone slabs.

Local climate

Roman Pavement 130 Yards North of the Castle sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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