?Trinovantian roundhouses force rethink

1 March 2011 Philip Crummy

?Trinovantian roundhouses force rethink

Camulodunum during the years leading up to the Roman conquest in AD 43 must have had a substantial population. This is obvious from its size and the discoveries over the

1 March 2011 Philip Crummy

Britain’s biggest Iron Age dyke system gets even bigger

Current excavations on the site of the former Hyderabad barracks have revealed what appears to be part of a defensive dyke. Camulodunum, the original Colchester, was protected by the largest

24 February 2011 Philip Crummy

Braxted folly

22 February 2011 Philip Crummy

Abbey church find – come visit!

There will be an opportunity for you to see the newly-discovered remains of the great abbey church of St John’s. If you are interested, all you have to do is

18 February 2011 Philip Crummy

Tiny fossils identify chalk for mosaic cubes

Tons and tons of chalk would have been needed in Roman Colchester to make lime for mortar. There is no local chalk so where it did come from? Alison Tasker

13 February 2011 Philip Crummy

TV personality digs on circus

TV presenter and archaeologist Neil Oliver recently visited us in Colchester to sharpen up his digging skills. But this was no courtesy call: he came to when working on a

10 February 2011 CAT

Victorian housing estate under the spotlight

A study of the Roman and Castle Road area of Colchester town centre has been added to the website listing Colchester’s historic buildings. Roman and Castle Roads were developed on

14 January 2011 Philip Crummy

Julian Richards visits exhibition

We had a graphic exhibition over the summer in the public library in Trinity Square. There were panels covering various topics: an update on the circus interpetation centre, the results

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