Category: The Dig Blog

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

The Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) met here at the Roman circus visitor centre on the 21st April to explore the Roman circus itself! Colchester YAC organiser Barbara Butler writes:

  The March meeting of the Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) here at the Colchester Roman circus visitor centre was postponed from the 17th to the 24th March, Colchester YAC

  Last 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

On 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

                                      The Colchester Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) met on Saturday 17th for

                    On Saturday (17th February), Trust archaeologists took part in the big ‘tea and talks’ event presented by the Friends of