Last week (on Friday 22nd April), a small plaster cast arrived here at the Roman circus centre – this has kindly been made for the Trust by Emma Hogarth of […]
Monthly Archives: April 2016
*** The Roman circus centre, site and cafe will be open on Saturday 30th April and closed on Sunday 1st May as normal, and also CLOSED on Bank Holiday Monday, the […]
On Sunday (17th April), the news was broadcast of the remarkable discovery of the remains of a very large Roman villa during works at a farmhouse in Wiltshire. The villa […]
Why not call in at the Roman Circus Centre on Saturday 23rd April and join in the fun? Our mini Fun Day starts at 10.00am and finishes at 2.00pm – […]
Today (14th April), Trust archaeologist Emma Holloway was tracing the lid of a Roman lead coffin here at the Trust’s HQ – at the Colchester Roman circus centre – ahead […]
In ancient Rome, the festival of Cerealia was held on eight days in mid-late April, possibly the 12th-18th, with the actual festival day on the 19th. This was the main […]
Today (9th April), an item was broadcast on the BBC television news channel and posted online about a surviving section of the ‘Whale’ roadways which were used during the Allied […]
On Friday (1st April), archaeological petrologist (stone specialist) Dr Kevin Hayward and Roman sculptural art specialist Ms Penny Coombe came to see the foundations of the monumental Roman arcade at […]
On Saturday (2nd April), some of the Trust’s dedicated archaeology volunteers came in to the Roman circus centre to take part in a special prehistoric pottery workshop led by Trust […]
On Wednesday (30th March), the Trust conducted an archaeological evaluation at Winnock’s Almshouses in Military Road in Colchester. We excavated two evaluation trenches ahead of the planned demolition of some […]