Mersea Mount (West Mersea)
Mersea Mount is an important landmark at West Mersea in Essex.
It is a sizeable Romano British burial mound, 110 feet in diameter and 20 feet high.
When excavated, it revealed a small chamber made of Roman tiles. In the chamber was alead casket containing a glass bowl, within which were the cremated remains of an adult person.
According to local legand, the mound is haunted by a Roman soldier charged with keeping guard.