Discoveries of great interest have a habit of turning up at the last minute on our archaeological excavations. Last week – our final week on the main site at the Mercury – it happened again. This time we found parts of two barrack block walls built by the Roman army [read more…]
The archaeological excavation at the Mercury Theatre continues to intrigue. More Roman floors, more rooms, more evidence of Roman ‘central heating’, and more interesting finds. If you want to see what we have been uncovering here over the last few weeks, then why not pay us a visit? You’ll be [read more…]
In 1906, museum curator Arthur Wright nipped out into the Castle Park to eat his lunch. This was not surprising since that summer was truly a scorcher. In fact September of that year saw temperatures in the UK reach a corking 36 degrees, which for that month is still the highest [read more…]
The much-anticipated dig at the Mercury Theatre started today. First find – a lead musket ball from the 1648 Siege of Colchester. Soon we expect to be uncovering floors and foundations of the Roman houses which once stood in the area. Should prove an exciting and very visual excavation. It’s [read more…]
We are always pleased to get feedback from our visitors so we offer them forms to fill in if they want to. This is what they told us this year. Nothing here omitted, added or edited! As usual, the lack of decent signage was highlighted by our visitors as the [read more…]
Natasha, Fiona, Gerry, and Howard, the four members of Quattro Amici, accompanied by Joe Richardson on keyboard did us proud in the Roman Circus Centre with their sell-out concert last night when we were treated to two hours of songs chosen to suit all tastes. In particular I loved The Flower Duet (Lakmé), a famous [read more…]
National Heritage Open Day at the Roman Circus Centre was a free fun day for all the family. Tours, quizzes, games, and more were all on offer. About twenty-nine volunteers and archaeologists all helped to make the day a success. The centre was buzzing and visitors seemed to like it. [read more…]
The story about the interesting recent find of a small horse bone from the Roman circus has got in a bit of tangle. The bone points to an animal about the size of a medium to large Shetland pony. There is no reason to suppose that it actually was [read more…]
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