Yesterday (27th February), Trust volunteer Gillian was given the task of very carefully cleaning a large fragment of Roman worked stone. This was hand-carved from sandstone, and it looks like […]
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Tomorrow (27th February) is the day of the first Equirria, the first of two chariot-racing festivals held in honour of the god Mars in the Roman calendar. The Equirria (or […]
Today (24th February), Trust volunteer Shirley sent us an update about the progress of the circus super-model which she is making for our Colchester Roman circus centre. The model is […]
Today (21st February) is Feralia, the day of the public festival for celebrating the spirits of the dead in the Roman calendar. It is also the last day of the […]
On the 13th February, the wood for the Trust’s new super-model of Colchester’s Roman circus was delivered to volunteer Shirley’s house. On Friday the 14th February – St Valentine’s Day! – Shirley […]
Yesterday (13th February), Trust archaeologists Don Shimmin and Mark Baister started a watching brief on a trench on one of the current building sites in the former garrison at Colchester. […]
On Saturday (8th February), the Friends of the Trust (FCAT) held their AGM and annual meeting for 2014. The AGM was in the morning, at Roman Circus House, followed in […]
On Saturday (8th February), the Colchester Young Achaeologists’ Club (YAC) held their February meeting at Roman Circus House. Colchester YAC organiser Barbara Butler writes: ‘… The Colchester branch of the […]
On the 18th and 19th February (Tuesday and Wednesday of the school half-term), the Trust will be holding two Roman circus workshops for children in the large ground-floor room at […]
The FCAT (Friends of the Trust) AGM and annual lecture 2014 will be held on Saturday 8th February. The AGM will be at Roman Circus House, off Circular Road North, Colchester, […]
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