Past Events

Talk 1 0f 5 'Recent excavations in and around Colchester' Speaker: Adam Wightman (CAT Senior archaeologist) Hear about some of the most interesting recent discoveries within the walled town centre: The Fenwick Treasure (the former Williams & Griffin department store); some abandoned well-appointed Roman houses (the Mercury Theatre); and the public bath house (Jacks store).

Talk 2 0f 5 ‘Entertainment in Roman Colchester’ Speaker: Philip Crummy (CAT Director) Was there life before the telly? The people of Roman Colchester were blessed - public baths, a Roman circus, probably an amphitheatre, and not just one theatre but two!

Talk 3 0f 5 ‘Large scale excavations at Colchester Institute’ Speaker: Howard Brooks (CAT deputy Director) Digging at the heart of Camulodunum. Sheepen is well known as an important late Iron Age site where, in 2007-8, CAT uncovered some extraordinarily interesting and important finds some of which will be on display for the first time.

POSTPONED Talk 4 0f 5 ‘The Big Dig on the site of Colchester Garrison 2002 to 2019' Speaker: Philip Crummy (CAT Director) Surely the longest running series of excavations ever in Colchester with results to match. Topics covered will include pre-Roman and Roman farming, Roman burial practice, the discovery of the Roman circus, and the Siege of Colchester in 1648.