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Apr
Apr
The Roman Circus Visitor Centre and Cafe will be closed on Saturday 6 May 2023 to allow our staff & volunteers to celebrate the Coronation.
Category Archives: Roman Circus
All things related to the only known Roman circus in Roman Britain. Located just outside modern day Colchester.
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Apr
Apr
Happy Monday everyone! Friday and Saturday last week saw a series of fantastic Colchester Archaeological Trust events that helped foster public interest in local archaeology. This included; Two open days […]
The weather wasn’t quite on our side (hello autumn), but we still pulled through. Washing a grand total of 95 trays, we managed to finish off the summer with a […]
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Jun
Jun
Well as it is #FindsFriday we thought we better start it off with a cracker of a find – Colchester’s Roman Circus 😍 The Roman Circus would have been an open-air venue […]
The week before last (the week of the 26th-30th June), the Trust was able to uncover and investigate even […]
Remains of the Roman circus Today (16th June), the Trust will complete an archaeological evaluation on the site of the Arena Club within the old Colchester garrison. We began our […]
On Monday (4th January), the Trust resumed work on our site at the Flagstaff House complex, within in the old garrison at Colchester and round the corner from the Roman […]
Today (29th December), some of the Trust’s staff were back at work here at Roman Circus House after the Christmas break… As most people are still on their break until […]
Today (4th November), Trust volunteer Jane was cleaning some large fragments of Roman mortar here at Roman Circus House. The fragments are of a special hard-wearing, waterproof mortar – opus […]
Yesterday (6th October), the Trust’s pottery specialist Stephen Benfield identified a very interesting fragment of Roman brick in one of the crates of archaeological material which has been brought to […]