Colchester Archaeological Trust

Colchester Archaeological Trust We are a registered charity (no 283354) and a limited company (no 1578133).

Since 1963, CAT has carried out extensive urban excavations in Colchester and rural excavations and historic building recordings across East Anglia

The ๐‚๐€๐“ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ started this week, with the first talk delivered by our Post Excavation Manager, Laura Pooley, a...
19/06/2026

The ๐‚๐€๐“ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ started this week, with the first talk delivered by our Post Excavation Manager, Laura Pooley, and focusing on the story of ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’™๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’…๐’š in line with the temporary exhibition housed at Colchester Roman Circus Visitor Centre

We had an amazing turnout and some excellent discussions across the evening.

Head to our Instagram to watch our reel, and while you are there please follow us and share widely ๐Ÿฅฐ

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZwxwSIKG_Q/




We wanted to take a moment to share an exciting new addition to this yearโ€™s CAT Archaeology Open Day!This August we will...
18/06/2026

We wanted to take a moment to share an exciting new addition to this yearโ€™s CAT Archaeology Open Day!

This August we will be providing the chance to join one of two incredible tours of the of the ๐™๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ (๐™‡๐™š ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ช) ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ led by a team of experts.

๐Ÿ“… When? 22nd August 2026
๐Ÿ•—Times: 10:30am or 1:30pm
๐Ÿ’ฐPrice of ticket: ยฃ5 (with a souvenir booklet included โ€“โœจ bonus!)

There are only ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ, meaning 60 spaces are available in total for the day. So be quick to grab a ticket and learn, explore and wander through Colchesterโ€™s military history!

๐™‹๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š, ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™š๐™š, ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง. ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‘๐’–๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’”๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’“.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royal-artillery-le-cateau-and-cavalry-barracks-tour-2026-tickets-1990175990963?aff=ebdsoporgprofile





We wanted to take the time to recognise the incredible support, dedication and contribution from our team of volunteers ...
05/06/2026

We wanted to take the time to recognise the incredible support, dedication and contribution from our team of volunteers ๐ŸŒŸ

We are lucky to have such wonderful people who have contributed to the companyโ€™s mission over the last year, through support, learning and training provided by our staff. ๐Ÿ“–

Thank you to our team of volunteers! ๐Ÿค

With the success of ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™š๐™ญ๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™‡๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, our newest addition to the Roman Circus Visitor Centre, it is no surpris...
03/06/2026

With the success of ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™š๐™ญ๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™‡๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, our newest addition to the Roman Circus Visitor Centre, it is no surprise that tickets for the first instalment in our lecture series, ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜†: ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† are selling ๐—™๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง!

Click here to pick up any lastโ€‘minute tickets before it is too late and while youโ€™re there, the next three talks are available for you to peruse and book! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/colchester-archaeological-trust-30746596062 ๐ŸŽซ

On ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต, our Senior Associate, ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€, will be delving into all things Norman. This talk will explore the Norman buildings of Colchester, not least the Castle, built by ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜†, while also setting these landmarks within the wider context of Normanโ€‘period stone houses and churches across the town๐Ÿฐ

This lecture also arrives at the perfect moment, coinciding with the buildโ€‘up to the arrival of the ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜… ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† at the British Museum in September.

What better way to celebrate the Normans than by exploring their lives and legacy right here in Colchester?๐Ÿชจ



28/05/2026

Big News! ๐ŸŽŠ

We would like to welcome you to our new, official page for Colchester Archaeological Trust. This switch from group to page will help us offer a one-to-many service, continuing to share our news and updates!๐Ÿ“ฒ

From now on, this page will keep you up to date with everything that we have done, are currently doing and what we are planning to do in the future!๐Ÿช

๐Ÿ”— You can continue to keep up to date with our blog posts, news and more through our website catuk.org

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Roman Circus House
Colchester
CO27GZ

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
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