The castle of Colchester is the largest keep ever built by the Normans; its huge size is explained by its construction over the ruins of a former roman…
Part of the roman wall is still standing. The castle is in the heart of the former roman city.
Roman wall.
The Colchester Sphinx is a Roman sculpture that marked the site of a grave alongside the main road from Colchester to London. A sphinx is a mythological…
Roman mosaic made in Colchester around 150 AD.
Mosaic, 2nd century AD.
Colchester vase, found in a roman grave, ca 175 AD, probably made in Colchester. Four gladiators are depicted along with four names.
The first human beings arrived in present-day Great Britain in 500000 BC. 300000 years ago, a group of people in Clacton lived from hunting and fishing. …
The Dagenham idol (2500 BC) is the second oldest human depiction in the UK. (Copy.)
Bronze head of a griffin, imported, from a bowl fittin, found in the Lexden tumulus, the richest grave from the iron age. In around 10BC the cremated remains…
Figurines used as household ornaments in a grave of a wealthy Roman, 55 AD.
The Romans started their conquest of England in 43 BC and established their…
Figurines used as household ornaments in a grave of a wealthy Roman, 55 AD.
Tombstone of a cavalry officer, Longinus, who died in 43-49 BC (age: 40) as the army was stationed in Colchester.
Middleborough mosaic, 175 AD.
Roman lead coffin; only 300 were found in the UK and 16 in Colchester. 4th century.