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Happy Monday everyone! Today, Senior Post-Excavation Assistant Vikki and placement student Alex headed to Colchester Sixth Form College where they talked archaeology and heritage careers It’s great to meet enthusiastic […]
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Happy #FindsFriday everyone!! You may have recently seen one of our recent kiln finds on the news , so we thought we’d talk a bit about what a Roman kiln […]
09
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On today’s #ThrowbackThursday we look back to a dig we undertook at the Kingswode Hoe School, which was carried out back in 2018! After removing three temporary-classrooms to construct a new teaching […]
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With the warmest of wishes, today we officially announce the retirement of our Director, Philip Crummy. Philip has provided Colchester Archaeological Trust with 53 years of devoted service, and has […]
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Today we’re going to be chatting to Philip about his favourite site and his favourite find.. a slightly different #FindsFriday for you all! You might be surprised to read that […]
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A lot of #PhilipWeek has been a #Throwback but today’s blogs are about three major aspects of Roman Colchester – the town wall, the mosaics and the circus! Did you […]
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Today for #PhilipWeek we asked Philip if he had any advice for aspiring archaeologists of the future, and how archaeology as a profession has changed in the 53 years he’s […]
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Today for #PhilipWeek we’re looking back at some of Philip’s earlier work in the city centre and discussing his work on the Legionary Fortress during the Lion Walk excavation in […]
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Happy Monday everybody! This week our social media channels are going to be dedicated to the one and only Philip Crummy! #PhilipWeek Philip took over as the Director of Colchester […]
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Here we are, back for another #FindsFriday! Today we’re here discussing a skeleton found with two hair pins during out 1970’s excavations at Butt Road car park in Colchester. These […]