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The Blackfriars Tessellated Roman Pavement, Leicester. | |
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| L3052. The Blackfriars tessellated Roman pavement is believed to have been constructed around 150 AD. It remained hidden until 1832 when it was uncovered in the basement of a house at 53 Jewry Wall Street. This house was later demolished to make way for the Great Central Railway's Leicester Central station, but a special chamber was built around the mosaic (beneath the station) to protect it and provide public access. It is in this chamber that this photograph was taken at an unknown date. | |
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| Contributor | Leicester City Council |
| Creator | personalname - Unknown |
| Date | creation - Unknown |
| Type | Photographs - Black and White |
| Format | dimension.H - 168mm dimension.W - 215mm |
| Identifier | 736 ' 1977 |
| Source | The Jewry Wall Museum, Leicester |
| Language | EN |
| Relation | part of - Museum History File - 736 ' 1977 |
| Coverage | Location.Creation Site - Blackfriars Street, Leicester (O.S. Ref: 458100 304600) Location.Current Repository - The Jewry Wall Museum, Leicester period - Unknown |
| Rights | Leicester City Council |
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