On Wednesday (25th February), Mssr. Jean-Luc Gibot emailed Trust director Philip from France with an enquiry about a soldier of WW1 and Colchester garrison. Now that we are based in a building […]
Monthly Archives: February 2015
On Saturday (21st February), Carole Raddato came to see the site of Colchester Roman circus. Carole is a dedicated traveller with a special interest in ancient history, especially Roman history, […]
On Saturday (21st February), the Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) met at Roman Circus House. They were a smaller than usual group of members, but it was school half-term week… […]
Yesterday (20th February), Trust senior archaeologist Howard Brooks was working on a large report here at Roman Circus House. The report is on our excavation at the former Hyderabad and […]
The Colchester Archaeological Trust is officially 50 years old today (19th February 2015). The Trust is a great little institution and it is fab. at 50 – and we say […]
The Trust will present a 4-part illustrated lecture about the ‘Fenwick treasure’ at firstsite on Saturday 18th April 2015. We found the treasure during our excavation on the site at […]
The Trust is presenting a special public presentation titled ‘Boudicca and the Fenwick Treasure’ on Saturday 18th April 2015 at firstsite in Colchester. This will consist of four illustrated talks. […]
A personal note from the Trust’s blogger, in memory of my grandfather Bill Adams (who, with many thousands of others, did his duty on our behalf). Bill was born in […]
This week, the Trust has been excavating a site at historic and picturesque Long Melford in Suffolk. We undertook an evaluation on the site in 2014, and the excavation will […]
St John’s abbey in Colchester was dedicated 900 years ago today (10th February 2015). The abbey was a Benedictine monastery dedicated to St John the Baptist, and it was founded […]
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