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Sep
This #ThrowbackThursday we are remembering the burial of an Iron Age warrior found in Stanway, Colchester! Previously on the site, remarkable wooden burial chambers had been uncovered that would have been intended […]
Category Archives: Discoveries
Keep up to date with discoveries old and new through our fieldwork across our excavations, evaluations and archaeological monitoring and recording on our sites in Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and beyond!
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#ThrowbackThursday to when CAT made the headlines, excavating the amazing ‘Doctor’s Grave’ at Stanway in 1996! At the time it was the largest press coverage CAT had ever seen, and […]
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Sep
This #ThrowbackThursday we shall take a quick look at some evidence of Prehistoric settlement in the area CAT’s excavations at Birch Quarry in 2003 found the remains of a Middle Bronze Age […]
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Today’s #ThrowbackThursday is our excavation at Abbey Field in 2000 Multiple graves had been discovered at the site previously so we knew there was a high likelihood we would find more. Another […]
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Aug
This #ThrowbackThursday we are remembering the excavations at the Garrison we completed back in 2012-2013 The ‘Area H’ excavations as they are known, revealed two distinct Roman cemetery areas dating from the […]
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Aug
Throwing it way back to the excavations at Lion Walk this #ThrowbackThursday The Lion Walk excavation took place from 1971 to 1974, before the construction of the Lion Walk shopping precinct. […]
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Aug
After all the golds we have been winning this week, it felt only appropriate to #ThrowbackThursday to the Fenwick Treasure. For those who don’t know, the Fenwick Treasure was found […]
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#ThrowbackThursday to one of our excavations at Colchester Royal Grammar School The watching brief was carried out between August and September 2005 as building work for a new science block revealed […]
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#ThrowbackThursday to our excavation at the site of the demolished Handford House, Queens Road, Colchester, Essex This site was located where burials have been recorded previously, so we were expecting that […]
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Jul
#ThrowbackThursday to the Colchester Sixth Form College’s Bath House⛲ Our excavations took place from April 2005 to March 2006 as the College planned a large expansion. Previous investigations had discovered Roman […]