In March, the Trust completed a watching brief which began in December 2010, within Insulas 31 and 32 of the Roman town (Lewis Gardens). Adam Wightman of the Trust monitored […]
Monthly Archives: March 2011
The Colchester YAC is for 8 to 16 year olds who are interested in archaeology and history. We carry out a range of different activities, some practical – relating to […]
From Colchester Archaeological Report 1 . (iii) The accounts of the foundation and early history of St John’s Abbey There are four key texts relating to the early years of […]
The newly-discovered dyke at Hyderabad is a major one. We reached the bottom of our section through it and is about 3m deep which is almost as deep as they […]
It’s big – over 1400 pages long – but the report provides the details of nearly all the earliest of the archaeological excavations on the Colchester Garrison site. It includes […]
The challenge Glass beakers with moulded scenes of chariot races around the sides were called circus beakers. Archaeologists think they may have been sold as souvenirs of the most popular […]
The challenge Write a mini saga in 50 words about a ‘day out at the circus’. Imagine you are living in Roman Colchester and writing an eyewitness account. […]
Camulodunum during the years leading up to the Roman conquest in AD 43 must have had a substantial population. This is obvious from its size and the discoveries over the […]
Current excavations on the site of the former Hyderabad barracks have revealed what appears to be part of a defensive dyke. Camulodunum, the original Colchester, was protected by the largest […]