Monthly Archives: June 2016

After the E.U. referendum in Britain last week, it is interesting to consider the long history of Colchester in Continental Europe. Colchester has produced considerable archaeological evidence for trade and […]

Trust senior archaeologist Howard Brooks completed the big report on our archaeological investigations at the former Meeanee/Hyderabad Barracks in Mersea Road, Colchester on Monday (20th June). We conducted a programme […]

In June, the Trust conducted an archaeological watching brief on groundworks at a property in Butt Road in Colchester, near the police station. It is very close to the site […]

On Saturday (18th June), the Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) held their June meeting at Colchester Castle Museum. Colchester YAC organiser Barbara Butler writes: ‘… The Young Archaeologists met in […]

On Wednesday (15th June), a special new garden seat was delivered here at the Roman circus centre, all the way from Surrey. The Trust commissioned it and we have now […]

This week, Trust archaeologist Emma Holloway and Trust pottery specialist Steve Benfield are working here at Roman Circus House on the prehistoric pottery from our excavation at Moverons Quarry at […]

The Trust has acquired another NAAFI recipe book. This was published in May 1940, in the first full year of WW2, and it arrived at the Roman circus centre on […]

On Wednesday (8th June), the Trust launched our new display cabinet here at the Roman circus centre. We have been working on it for several months and we are very […]

Tomorrow (11th June), Colchester Blue Badge guide Jonathan Pearsall will start our summer programme of guided tours of the Roman circus centre and site. *** Tours tomorrow will start at […]

On Saturday (4th June), an item was published on the Daily Gazette web-site titled ‘Youngsters get the chance to bring Roman heritage into 21st century’, at www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/Youngsters bring Roman heritage […]