Roman ruins to go on display as part of new restaurant

10:21am Monday 31st December 2012 in News

ROMAN ruins will become the centre piece of a new restaurant.

Arches that surrounded the Temple of Claudius are buried next to Colchester’s Castle Park.

A developer wants to build flats, a shop and restaurant at 97 High Street, and will put the Roman remains on display.

FULL STORY IN TODAY'S GAZETTE

 

Comments(4)

angryman!!! says...
10:24am Mon 31 Dec 12

Sounds intresting and would bring life to the area, like museum st

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TheCaptain says...
1:32pm Mon 31 Dec 12

Sounds good hope it works. Though this is a resubmitted plan from 2006.

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Reginald47 says...
11:10pm Mon 31 Dec 12

Not if it looks like the artist's impression in the paper.

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Jess Jephcott says...
5:50pm Tue 1 Jan 13

The picture in the Gazette didn't look very encouraging so I hope that the planners make sure that it will look right for the area. I welcome any possibility for displaying our Roman heritage to the visiting public. This is indeed a hugely important part of our Roman town.

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