The Trust is currently investigating a site at the Flagstaff House complex of buildings, within the old garrison at Colchester, and just up the road from our building – Roman […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Last Saturday (18th July), the Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) held their July meeting here at Roman Circus House. The meeting organiser Kate Orr writes: ‘… We had a good […]
On Tuesday (21st July), the Trust began an excavation at the Flagstaff House complex of buildings on Napier Road, within the old garrison at Colchester and just up the road […]
The ‘Ludi Victoriae Caesaris’ or ‘Ludi Veneris Genetricis’ were ludi circenses (games in the Roman circus) and they were presented in the Circus Maximus in Rome from 46 BC. The […]
Last week (on the 7th July), a team from Cox Landscapes started to remove the old railings around the garden of the former Sergeants’ Mess, next door to the Roman […]
Want to find out more about the Fenwick Treasure? – the fascinating hoard of gold and silver jewellery found last year on the Williams and Griffin excavation in Colchester town […]
The Ludi Apollinares (games dedicated to Apollo) were held in ancient Rome on the 6th-13th July, and were followed by markets on the 14th-19th July. The Ludi Apollinares were held […]
The national Festival of Archaeology 2015 starts today (Saturday 11th July) and continues until Sunday 26th July. This is the 25th festival and over a thousand events are being held […]
We will be visiting the Martello Tower at Jaywick for a talk on the history of the Martello Towers along the Essex coast. We will then go on to historic […]
Brenda is hoping to arrange an illustrated talk at Roman Circus House on the recent excavations of Roman Round Houses at 10 Gresham Street in London. At the moment we […]
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