Today (31st October) is, of course, Hallowe’en. The name is a corruption of ‘All Hallows’ Eve’, or the evening (vigil) before All Hallows or All Saints’ Day in the Christian […]
Monthly Archives: October 2014
This week, the Trust began a fieldwork project at St Helena School in Colchester. On Monday (27th October), Trust archaeologists Ben Holloway and Emma Holloway laid out a trench and […]
Last week (on the 22nd and 24th October), the Trust undertook two projects at Little Canfield Hall, at Little Canfield in west Essex. Trust archaeologists Steve Benfield and Chris Lister […]
Yesterday (23rd October), an item was posted on the US Archaeology magazine web-site titled ‘45,000-Year-Old Genome of Modern Human Sequenced’, and they Tweeted a link to the item today. The […]
Today (20th October), the Trust’s senior archaeologist Howard Brooks was working here at Roman Circus House on the report on our fieldwork at Trimley St Martin in Suffolk. We excavated […]
On Wednesday (15th October), the Trust’s Council of Management held their quarterly meeting here at Roman Circus House. The meeting was well attended and it was chaired by Council of […]
Yesterday (14th October) was the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings in 1066. English Heritage presented a re-enactment of the battle on the 11th-12th October at Battle Abbey and battlefield […]
On Saturday (11th October), the Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) and their helpers held their October meeting here at Roman Circus House. Colchester YAC organiser Barbara Butler writes: ‘… The […]
This week, the Trust has been continuing our fieldwork at Moverons Quarry at Brightlingsea. Trust archaeologist Ben Holloway and our excavators have uncovered further evidence of Anglo-Saxon occupation on the […]
Yesterday (8th October), the Trust’s team of dedicated renovation volunteers were hard at work at Roman Circus House, renovating and decorating the building. Volunteer Neil attacked the floor of our […]
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