Mersea Barrow

 

The Mersea Barrow - also known as the Mersea Mount - is an ancient Roman burial ground that held the

 

Just up the East Mersea road as you come onto Mersea Island, is a conspicuous mound on the left.

 

It is a Romano-British burial barrow which has been dated to AD 100-120. The mound was excavated in 1912 and an entrance passage built. In the centre was a small burial chamber built of Roman bricks capped by septaria (clay nodules) and inside was a lead box with a wooden lid.

 

The box contained an urn of green glasss about 15 inches high containing the cremated remains of a child. The barrow also known as Mersea Mount.

 

The lead box and urn are now on display in the Castle Museum in Colchester. Mersea Museum organises open days at the barrow from time to time.

 

 

 

 

 

Big thank you to Mersea Museum for all their help with this information. All information correct at time of production.