Happy #FindsFriday everyone! Today we’ll be discussing some spearheads found during our 2013 excavations at Bakers Lane, Colchester. At least five socketed spearheads came from a burial pit within a large funerary […]
Monthly Archives: April 2024
Hello and happy #FindsFriday to all of you! A couple of weeks ago we spoke about the coin hoard found during our works at the former Hyderabad barracks but did you know […]
Happy #FindsFriday everybody. Today we’re going to look at a find from our excavations at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester. This is a post-medieval crotal bell – a small bell […]
For this #ThrowbackThursday we are looking at our exciting archaeological discoveries at Butt Road, Colchester. During the 2012-2013 Garrison excavations, digs revealed two distinct Roman cemetery areas at Butt Road, […]
For this #ThrowbackThursday we are remembering the work that we did at the former ‘Jacks’ shop [now part of the Three Wise Monkeys pub] in Colchester town centre. Does anyone […]
A blog post written by Alex, a student at the University of Reading, who completed a work experience placement at CAT in 2023-2024. Hi! My name is Alex and I […]
This #ThrowbackThursday we will look at our excavation at Colchester High School! Following on from an evaluation in November-December 2005, in 2006 we visited CHS to conduct as excavation prior […]







