Today (31st January), the Silchester Environs Iron Age Project at the University of Reading posted a Tweet about their conference on the 22nd April 2017. This is the Late Iron […]
Monthly Archives: January 2017
On the 20th January, an item was posted on the Daily Gazette web-site titled ‘By George! Town centre hotel set for £10 million revamp and new site across the road’ […]
Today (27th January) in AD 98, Trajan became Roman emperor. He reigned until AD 117. In AD 117, his successor Hadrian became Roman emperor and, interestingly, Tuesday (the 24th January) […]
Today (on the 25th January) in AD 41, Claudius was confirmed as Roman emperor by the senate in Rome after all-night negotiations. These followed the assassination of the emperor Caligula […]
On Saturday (21st January), the Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) met for their first session of 2017 here at the Roman circus centre. Colchester YAC organiser Barbara Butler writes: ‘… […]
On the 18th January, we retweeted a Tweeted link to an interesting mini article on the Archaeology magazine web-site titled ‘Bronze toy offers clues to Roman racing technology’, posted on […]
The Royal Mail issued a new set of stamps yesterday (17th January), featuring eight of the most important prehistoric sites, monuments and finds of ‘Ancient Britain’. The First Day Covers […]
On Friday (13th January), the Strood at Mersea Island in Essex was in the news – a severe sea storm surge warning was issued for the east coast, including Essex, […]
Yesterday (11th January), Trust archaeologist Laura Pooley completed our report – CAT Report 1008 – on a multiple fieldwork project on an interesting archaeological site in St Clare Drive in […]
Yesterday (9th January), Dr Sophie Hay Tweeted a photo. of a portable Roman sundial in the form of a ham, dating to the late 1st century AD, which was discovered […]
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