On Saturday (25th February), 20 members of the Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) met here at the Roman circus centre for their monthly meeting. Colchester YAC organiser Barbara Butler writes: […]
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Today (17th February) in 1843, General Sir Charles Napier led a British force at the Battle of Meeanee. His victory there, and at the Battle of Hyderabad on the 24th […]
Yesterday (14th February) was St Valentine’s Day. St Valentine was a 3rd-century Roman saint, now associated with romantic love. On St Valentine’s Day, the Trust Tweeted and Facebooked the image […]
On Saturday (11th February), the Friends of the Trust (FCAT) held their annual afternoon of ‘talks and tea’ at the Lion Walk Congregational Church in Colchester. This followed their AGM […]
On Wednesday (8th February), two small flint scrapers were brought back to the Trust’s HQ from site. We are currently conducting a large area excavation on a rural site near […]
A new book was published in November 2016 by the Cambridge University Press (CUP). This is called The ancient city and the author is Arjan Zuiderhoek who is an ancient […]
Today (6th February) is the feast of St Amande or Amandus who is, apparently, the patron saint of wine- and beer-makers, vine growers and wine merchants, inn-keepers and bartenders. Bacchus […]
The Friends of the Colchester Archaeological Trust (FCAT) will be hosting an afternoon of ‘talks and tea’ on Saturday 11th February 2017 at the Lion Walk Congregational Church in Lion Walk, […]
Trust archaeologist Don Shimmin is currently finishing his report on the Trust’s very long-running watching brief at the historic Abbey House overlooking St John’s Green in Colchester, which we completed […]