The story started in March 1817 just over two centuries ago when workmen working on the site of a new hospital made a startling discovery. They were amazed to find
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The story started in March 1817 just over two centuries ago when workmen working on the site of a new hospital made a startling discovery. They were amazed to find
Continue readingThe Essex County Hospital, the Colchester Sphinx and Panis Quadratus. A building, a statue and Roman bread. What can they tell us about life in Roman Colchester? Follow this blog to find
Continue readingLast week and this week, Trust archaeology volunteers have been hard at work washing a very large quantity of sea shells from a site within the area of the
Continue readingOn Wednesday (21st March), an interesting item of NAAFI memorabilia arrived here at the Trust’s HQ. It is a page (page 382) from an issue of The War Illustrated, published
Continue readingThe Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) met on Saturday 17th for
Continue readingOn Saturday (17th February), Trust archaeologists took part in the big ‘tea and talks’ event presented by the Friends of
Continue readingOn the 20th November ’17, the Trust began an archaeological evaluation on a large site to the north of Colchester. Interestingly, we completed the fieldwork on the 20th December!
Continue readingThe Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) met here at the Colchester Roman circus visitor centre on Saturday (20th January), for their first meeting of 2018. Colchester YAC organiser Barbara Butler
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