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Apr
Apr
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 […]
Tag Archives: colchester
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Apr
Apr
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, […]
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Apr
Apr
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 […]
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Apr
Apr
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 […]
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Mar
Mar
Happy Friday everybody! Today for #FindsFriday we’re looking at some glass bottles that were found during a recent monitoring job in Colchester. In total, six late 19th-early 20th century glass […]
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Feb
Feb
This #ThrowbackThursday we are talking about one of Colchester’s lesser-known sites: its medieval leper hospital. Leper hospitals, also known as lazer-houses after St Lazarus, are very rare across Britain. Built to accommodate […]
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Feb
Feb
This #ThrowbackThursday we are learning about Pitchbury hillfort, an Iron Age hillfort, roughly oval in shape surrounded by a double rampart and ditch, near the village of Great Horkesley. Hillforts are rather […]
10
Jan
Jan
For the first #ExploreYourArchive day of 2024, we would like to take a look at the one, the only, Colchester’s Roman Circus 👷♀️ With it being 20 years since Colchester […]
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Nov
Nov
Today for #FindsFriday we’ve got this lovely Middle Bronze Age bucket urn found during works at a site near to Colchester in 2021. The top of the rim is decorated with impressed […]
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Nov
Nov
For #FindsFriday this week we’ve decided to show off a later find than usual with this lovely collection of clay tobacco pipes. Tobacco was introduced to Britain in the 16th century, and […]