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Click to Pause Slide Show Roman Wheel Tomb in found in a garden on Beach Road in 1896. Known locally as the Pharos as it was once thought to be the foundation of a Roman Lighthouse, but it is now generally thought to be a Roman wheel tomb. The structure was some 65 feet in diameter, with walls 3 feet thick. This important relic is now lost, partly buried and partly destroyed. Picture used in Mersea Island by John ... Cat1 Mersea-->Buildings

Roman Wheel Tomb in found in a garden on Beach Road in 1896. Known locally as the Pharos as it was once thought to be the foundation of a Roman Lighthouse, but it is now generally thought to be a Roman wheel tomb. The structure was some 65 feet in diameter, with walls 3 feet thick. This important relic is now lost, partly buried and partly destroyed.
Picture used in Mersea Island by John Marriage, page 124.


Photo: Hardy Weaver Collection
Image ID MMC_P755_041
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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.