Adam Wightman of the Trust excavated two evaluation trenches at the Colchester Royal Grammar School in August 2012, ahead of the construction of a new performing arts block. The site lies to the west of Colchester town centre, immediately adjacent to and south of Lexden Road, within the grounds of [read more…]
The Colchester YAC is for 8 to 16 year olds who are interested in archaeology and history. We carry out a range of different activities, some practical – relating to archaeology and museums – and others being more history based, focusing on different areas/periods through a range of activities, games [read more…]
The challenge Glass beakers with moulded scenes of chariot races around the sides were called circus beakers. Archaeologists think they may have been sold as souvenirs of the most popular charioteers. Draw your own design for a souvenir beaker of the chariot races at the Colchester circus. Draw a rectangle [read more…]
The challenge Write a mini saga in 50 words about a ‘day out at the circus’. Imagine you are living in Roman Colchester and writing an eyewitness account. The winning entry will capture what it would have been like to go tot he circus in Roman times – the [read more…]
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