<< Our Photo Pages >> Colchester Castle Museum - Museum in England in Essex
Submitted by vicky on Monday, 07 June 2004 Page Views: 22047
MuseumsSite Name: Colchester Castle MuseumCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.325 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Essex Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Colchester
Map Ref: TL998253 Landranger Map Number: 168
Latitude: 51.890431N Longitude: 0.902112E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
Baruc visited on 1st Jan 2008 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
TheCaptain DaygloViking have visited here
The museum collection is beautifully presented and contains flint tools from the Palaeolithic through to the late Neolithic. One of the "must sees" is the mysterious wooden idol found at Dagenham dating from the Bronze Age. There is a wonderful display of bronze weapons and a smith's hoard showing raw lumps of bronze, broken and cut up axes and palstaves ready to be melted down and recast. Recycling metal is nothing new and the display continues with a dazzling heap of finished axe heads.
The museum is much concerned with the Roman occupation and the Boudiccan revolt that destroyed the veterans' colony and burnt the town. The gruesome display of skulls showing horrific sword cuts is a magnet for schoolchildren. Beneath the keep are the Roman vaults that include an early pagan temple to Claudius.
A visit is highly recommended.
Address: 14 Ryegate Road, CO1 1YG
Phone: 01206 282139
Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm all year round Sun 11am - 5pm Last admission 4.30pm
Admission:
Visit their web site
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
640m SSW 197° St John's Green (Colchester) Cairn (TL99642468)
1.1km WNW 283° Sheepden Dyke Ancient Village or Settlement (TL987255)
2.3km WSW 258° Lexden Tumulus* Artificial Mound (TL9753724712)
2.3km ESE 105° Greenstead Stones* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (TM021248)
2.6km ESE 118° Annan Road Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (TM0215024164)
2.6km NW 313° Lexden Dyke* Ancient Village or Settlement (TL978270)
3.2km SSE 167° Tamworth Mound Misc. Earthwork (TM0065922209)
3.4km W 260° Triple Dyke Ancient Village or Settlement (TL965246)
3.4km S 184° Berechurch Dyke Misc. Earthwork
4.0km SW 231° Gosbecks Archaeological Park* Ancient Village or Settlement (TL968227)
4.9km SW 226° Heath Farm Dyke Ancient Village or Settlement (TL964218)
4.9km NW 322° Pitchbury Ramparts Hillfort (TL966290)
5.0km WSW 239° Stanway Gravel Pit Ancient Village or Settlement (TL956225)
6.2km SW 214° Gryme's Dyke Ancient Village or Settlement (TL965200)
7.3km WNW 302° Fordham Puddingstone* Marker Stone (TL9348028891)
7.5km N 11° Boxted Henge (TM009327)
7.8km WNW 284° Fordstreet Puddingstone* Marker Stone (TL921269)
8.2km SE 130° Alresford Hill Cairn (TM06282022)
8.4km WSW 239° Birch Long Barrow (TL927207)
8.7km NNW 332° Little Horkesley Cursus (TL954328)
8.8km NNW 344° Great Horkesley Cursus (TL970336)
8.8km NNW 344° Great Horkesley Cursus Cursus (TL97003364)
8.8km W 262° Marks Tey Puddingstone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (TL911238)
9.3km E 80° Little Bromley Henge (TM089273)
9.5km NE 55° Lawford 1 Long Barrow (TM074311)
View more nearby sites and additional images