Roman London's Painted Walls

50 Connect ^ | June 16/17, 2007 | unattributed

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One of the best collections of Roman painted wall plaster from London has been discovered on a site on Lime Street, on the edge of Leadenhall Market, in the City of London by the Museum of London Archaeology Service.

The plaster is from one room in a high status Roman building, probably dating to about 120 AD and is rare find. The building was just to the east of the Roman forum and basilica, the main market place for London and administrative centre. The excavation has now finished but experts are working to piece together over 40 crates of plaster to recreate the decoration.

It was destroyed in a fire and demolished, but amazingly large chunks of plaster have survived revealing an elaborate decorative scheme with painted candelabra, fruit and flowers, birds and animals on coloured panels. The room originally had a mosaic floor, but this was removed before the building was demolished.

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Rare Roman wall plaster excavated in the City.

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[Pyro7480]

I saw part of the old Roman wall in London when I was there in 2004. It's right outside the Tower Hill Underground entrance. It's an awesome site, even though it's only a fragment of the old wall. There's a statue of Trajan standing right in front of it.

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[BenLurkin]

Very cool. I’d like to visit such places soem day.

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