On Friday (28th March), we completed the report on our recent evaluation at the Colchester County High School for Girls (CCHS) in Lexden. The CCHS stands in an area of great archaeological […]
Monthly Archives: March 2014
On the 26th March, an item was posted on the web-site of The Telegraph titled ‘Sutton Hoo: A new home for Britain’s Tutankhamun’, written by John Preston; a link to […]
The Friends of the Colchester Archaeological Trust (FCAT) are holding a Roman army day here at Roman Circus House on Saturday 5th April, titled ‘The Roman army – fact or […]
Today (24th March), Trust archaeologist Don Shimmin completed the report on the watching brief which he conducted at Playgolf Colchester in Lexden in 2013, ahead of works to extend the […]
Today (21st March), several members of the Essex Society for Archaeology and History (ESAH) came to Roman Circus House to do the mailout of their newly-printed Index to the Transactions […]
Yesterday (18th March) we had a very busy day at Roman Circus House! About thirty children from Rivenhall Primary School spent the day here studying the Roman circus and, at […]
On Saturday (15th March), the Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) held their March meeting here at Roman Circus House. Colchester YAC organiser Barbara Butler writes: ‘… The Young Archaeologists’ Club […]
Tomorrow (15th March) is the day of the famous Ides of March in the Roman calendar. (Today is the day of the second Equirria, a chariot-racing festival dedicated to the […]
Today (12th March), Trust archaeologists Chris Lister and Mark Baister were out in the garden of the former Sergeants’ Mess, next to the Trust’s building Roman Circus House, surveying on […]
On Friday last week (7th March), Trust archaeologist Don Shimmin was conducting a watching brief on a site near St John’s abbey gateway in Colchester. The trenching exposed some remarkable […]
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