Yesterday (1st November), Trust archaeologists Ben Holloway and Mark Baister began a short phase of work on our excavation on part of the site of the Roman circus, in front […]
Category Archives: Roman Circus
All things related to the only known Roman circus in Roman Britain. Located just outside modern day Colchester.
Today (11th September), the Trust’s general assistant Steve began work on the creation of an experimental stump of new ‘Roman’ wall on the footprint of one of the walls of […]
Today (4th September), the Trust hired a flatbed truck and one of our archaeologists, Mark Baister, went to the Bulmer Brick and Tile Company on the Essex/Suffolk border to collect […]
Today (24th August), the Trust had a really enjoyable and successful day at Roman Circus House with the opening of the Roman circus site, circus centre and cafe to visitors. […]
Yesterday (9th August), site volunteer Nathan began to investigate a buttress to the outer wall of the seating-stand of the Roman circus, on the Trust’s site in front of our […]
Today (7th August), the Trust made good progress in revealing part of the length of the post-Roman robber trench on our current excavation site in front of our building, Roman […]
Today (3rd August), we are very pleased to announce the news that we’ve all been waiting for – the Trust will be opening our Roman circus interpretation centre to visitors […]
Today (22nd July), the Trust began the next phase of excavation on our site in front of Roman Circus House. This phase will run for two weeks, full-time, from the […]
Yesterday (17th July), a cement lorry and a dumper truck came to Roman Circus House so that we could infill the trenches we dug last September to mark the positions of […]
On Saturday (22nd June), the Trust held the first big open dig day in the front garden of our building, Roman Circus House, on the upper levels of our new […]