A large cemetery containing the lavishly adorned remains of unidentified high-status individuals dating from around 2,000 years ago has been uncovered by archaeologists from Archaeology South-East (UCL Institute of Archaeology). The now-completed excavations near Chelmsford, Essex, revealed the cremated remains of over 100 individuals in a square-shaped, ditched enclosure mostly dating to the first centuryContinue reading “High-status Iron Age burials reveal early links to Roman Empire”
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New Interpretation at the Essex Cricket Museum
The Essex Cricket Museum, officially known as Peter Edwards Museum & Library, has celebrated the 150th anniversary of Essex County Cricket Club and its own 20th with a stunning set of eleven new permanent display boards. The original boards, which had been in place for the whole 20 years, were a straightforward history of theContinue reading “New Interpretation at the Essex Cricket Museum”
Thaxted Windmill – More than Repair and Conservation
The Windmill in Thaxted, Essex, UK, built by local entrepreneur John Webb in 1804, is currently undergoing repair and conservation in a two-year £1.6 million project. The capital works will conserve this Grade II listed Windmill and its machinery by carrying out a comprehensive programme of structural and millwrighting works, so that it is noContinue reading “Thaxted Windmill – More than Repair and Conservation”
New Member – The Cart and Wagon Shed
Welcome to a new member of Museums Essex, The Cart and Wagon Shed in Shoeburyness. Here an introduction from Chris Spall, Director: The Cart and Wagon Shed is an early example of a prefabricated iron-frame ex-military building constructed around 1860. It is Grade II listed for its special architectural or historic interest and has beenContinue reading “New Member – The Cart and Wagon Shed”
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