The first evidence of Colchester’s Roman circus was found by the Trust in May 2000 although, at the time, it was only identified as part of a Roman foundation. We […]
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Yesterday (29th May), Trust archaeologists worked all day on removing the turf from the excavation site in front of Roman Circus House, a job which they had begun the day […]
Yesterday (28th May) was a big day for the Roman circus and for would-be archaeologists wanting a chance to help uncover part of Britain’s only known chariot-racing track. Work began […]
Today (24th May), it is the anniversary of the birth of Dr William Gilberd (or Gilbert) in Colchester, in 1544. William Gilberd was the son of lawyer Jerome Gilberd and his […]
Yesterday (20th May), the Trust undertook a building recording project on the Freemasons’ Arms, a former pub., at Rowhedge near Colchester, ahead of the demolition of the building and the redevelopment […]
On Saturday (18th May), the Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) met in the large upstairs room at Roman Circus House for a hands-on session with prehistoric flints led by Trust archaeologist Adam Wightman. […]
Today (16th May), the Trust undertook an evaluation by trial-trenching on a farm at Boreham near Chelmsford in Essex. The Historic Environment Officer of Essex County Council prepared a brief […]
Yesterday (14th May), an item was posted on Australian web-site couriermail.com, titled ‘The world’s first archaeology dog Migaloo sniffs out ancient bones’. ‘… Move over Indiana Jones, there is a […]
Today (14th May), there was an exciting step forward at Roman Circus House. The thoroughly swept floors of the four main ground-floor rooms – the circus interpretation centre/cafe and kitchen – […]
Today (13th May), the Trust finally finished clearing the smaller ground-floor room at Roman Circus House which, along with the large ground-floor room and the former servery corridor, will form our circus interpretation centre. Our dedicated […]
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