The remarkable figurine of a harpy which the Trust discovered during our excavations at Brightlingsea, near Colchester in Essex, has now been cleaned by a conservator and is revealed in […]
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Commemorative events are taking place this week to mark the 75th anniversary of the evacuation from Dunkirk during WW2. The famous evacuation of Allied servicemen from the beaches of Dunkirk […]
This week, Trust excavator Emma Sanford was busy at Roman Circus House making a flotation tank, assisted by Trust renovation volunteer Neil. The tank was set up in the yard […]
Yesterday (20th May), Trust volunteer Jane was washing fragments of Roman pottery in the processing room here at Roman Circus House. The fragments were all from the Trust’s excavation on […]
The Trust completed our excavation on a site in Orange Street at Thaxted in Essex on Friday (15th May). The excavation was supervised by Trust archaeologist Adam Wightman, and it […]
Yesterday (16th May), members of the Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) held their May session here at Roman Circus House. Colchester YAC organiser Barbara Butler writes: ‘… Enthusiastic members of […]
On Saturday (9th May), members of the Friends of the Colchester Archaeological Trust (‘the Friends’ or ‘FCAT’) went on an excursion to St Albans, led by Mike Corbishley. Mike is […]
On Saturday 9th May, we held an event to celebrate VE-Day (Victory in Europe Day) on its 70th anniversary. Good numbers of visitors joined in the event, including the Mayor […]
On the 7th May 1945, at 2.41am, German commanders signed the total surrender of Germany to the Allies at Rheims in France. Hostilities were to cease at one minute past […]
While trying to find out about VE-Day in Colchester, we looked at the front page of the weekly Essex County Standard newspaper for the 11th May 1945 on microfilm at […]
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