During the final week of excavations in 2014 at the Williams and Griffin store at High Street, Colchester, archaeologists discovered a hoard of Roman gold and silver jewellery and coins. This is the first hoard of precious metals ever found in Colchest...

Roman cultivation plot recorded during excavations at Culver Street between 1981-2 and 1984-5.

Roman timber-framed building of the pre-Boudican Colonia recorded during excavations at Culver Street between 1981-2 and 1984-5.

Roman timber-framed building recorded during excavations at Culver Street between 1981-2 and 1984-5.

Romano-British occupation site, Sheepen, recorded during the 1930s excavations.

Roman Barrack Block (CAT Building 82) of the Roman Legionary Fortress, recorded during excavations at Culver Street 1981-2 and 1984-5.

Roman timber-framed building of the pre-Boudican Colonia (CAT Building 87) recorded during excavations at Culver Street between 1981-2 and 1984-5.

Roman timber-framed building recorded during excavations at Culver Street between 1981-2 and 1984-5.

Roman building within Insula 34 recorded during excavations at Culver Street between 1981-2 and 1984-5.

Five trenches opened revealing evidence of two possible phases of the fort prior to the Boudican revolt and 1st and 2nd Century construction and 4th C decline