The Colchester Archaeologist

Dig it! exhibition Bulletin 10 of 10 So here’s the last of the Dig it! exhibition bulletins. It’s a fascinating puzzle: how large were the horses that raced in the

Dig it! exhibition Bulletin 9 of 10 A tantalising find from the circus is the decorated head of a broken linchpin. We’ve already featured this in an earlier post where

  Dig it! exhibition Bulletin 8 of 10 Our model of the Roman town of Colchester – Colonia Victricensis – is starting to take shape. You can see how far we

Bulletin 7 of 10 We’ve included in the exhibition a few short video clips on a loop for you to look at if you want. They’re from Jacks (the site

Dig it! exhibition  –  Daily bulletin six of ten  Our work at Jacks and the Mercury Theatre, although very different sites, both brought us face to face with an interesting

Dig it! exhibition  –  Daily bulletin five of ten        The discovery of part of a Roman public bath house under Jacks is an important step forward in

Didn’t visit the excavations at the Mercury Theatre? Well now’s your chance to see some of the finds. What we saw at the Mercury Theatre site was dramatic and stark,