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#ThrowbackThursday Castle Chapel investigation
Oct
We will be discussing Colchester Archaeological Trust’s highest excavation this #ThrowbackThursday
Back in the 1980s, CAT was called in to investigate the remains of the lost chapel on the top of Colchester’s 11th-century castle.
The majority of Colchester Castle had been destroyed several hundred years ago, but it was hoped that some of the original Norman floor may have survived and now be on the Castle’s present roof, as it was the same level as the chapel’s floor 
Unfortunately, although the base of the chapel’s outer wall still stood, we did not find the floor. Instead re-used Roman brick was found along with a neatly-paved brick surface. This may have been the work of antiquarian Charles Gray, who worked tirelessly to repair the castle.
To find out more, check out CAT Magazine 2 1988-1989 at cat.essex.ac.uk.
