Exploring Roman Colchester | Guided History Tour

[@RomanFound]

Check out our Collab With Joe here: instagram.com/reel/Cwf1i6NIZ9N/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[@kirstenvanveen4066]

5 years ago I went to Colchester for my holiday, and seeing back all these beautiful things where I have been walking was so nice. In 2 months I am going to London and I have watched many of your films to see where I have to go. Here in the Netherlands we don't have much Roman remains unfortunately so the UK is a fantastic place to explore it all.

[@RomanFound]

Hope you have a wonderful time in London! It’s amazing how many Roman ruins are hiding in plain sight! Let us know which places you end up visiting!! 🤎

[@kirstenvanveen4066]

@@RomanFound thank you, I will definitely let you know

[@wigeonbrown]

I’m from Nebraska, USA and spent today touring Colchester. I wanted to learn more about what I had seen and this video helped put the sites in context.

[@thisisjoeboyd]

Thanks for having me! It was great fun 🙏😊

[@RomanFound]

We had so much fun! Thanks for showing us your creative process!! 🙌

[@unojayc]

You need to visit Caerwent and caerleon, both definitely worth it.

[@RomanFound]

It’s on our radar for future tours!! 🙌🤎

[@TheCoinRealm]

A must to visit, beautiful city! Thanks for the great video! 👍👏😊

[@RomanFound]

So beautiful!! The castle is really spectacular!! Thanks for watching!! 🤎😍🙌

[@scottyallop6750]

I actually have lived here all my life, 56 years and you have pointed out so many things that i never knew about my local town (now called a city) great stuff

[@RomanFound]

We did one in our home city of Lincoln and felt exactly the same!! Couldn’t believe how much was hidden in plain sight 😂 Hope you get to explore the sites now! 💪

[@aimeebrito1565]

Well done! Very interesting!!

[@CH-vv2hr]

Majestic and beautiful. The Romans were amazing architects and builders

[@iansmith511]

Wow, I had no idea what a deep dive. I was a bit of a goff & student in the late eighties, my daughter now lives in Wivenhoe. I very much enjoyed this thank you for all the effort you put in, it's very interesting and impressive content. Ta x

[@joanneemerick5785]

You ladies have done another fantastic history video. Wouldn’t it have been great to watch a mosaic tile person creating those murals and floors? Thank you for this beautiful gift to us.

[@RomanFound]

Thank you Joanne! ❤️ the mosaics are absolutely stunning aren’t they just imagine the work that would have gone into laying those tiny tiles 🤯

[@ibbobo5162]

very informative and excellently delivered film, thank you... I lived in Colchester around 40 years ago and had forgotten much of excellent stuff the town has - lovely to see it again. Keep up the good work!

[@popski3226]

Hat's off to you girls 👏👏👏 another fabulous video so interesting and entainting with excellent camera work! 👍☺💚

[@TheMCJakeyb]

Great video, lived in Colchester all my life and found this very interesting! Amazing how you can just drive past these things every day without taking notice, big into medieval books and reading so makes me take notice and appreciate what we have more!

[@littleleonida1058]

Ever been to the Gosbeck Archaeological Park? There's a huge field (right on the boundary of the remains of a colosseum) that keeps getting tilled by local farmers. Every time this happens a fresh layer of roman tiles & stone shows up on the surface. Previous satellite images suggests multiple ruins nearby. Whats crazy is that Colchester council have been aware of this (since the 60s) but never bothered doing anything about it. Considering that the other side of Gosbeck Park is now a new housing estate, sadly the tilled plot could very well go the same way.

[@jamesmilleare4054]

Gutted you didn’t see abbey gate just near the Roman curcus, it’s truly amazing, great video to say the least

[@lisascenic]

Thank you for sharing this fascinating tour of Roman Colchester.

[@fernandomilicich8160]

Quite beauty video. Greetings from Argentina

[@PaulAndrewsClan]

Love the tours. You must try to get to Vindolanda and Fort Magna in Northumbria. I visited last weekend, fantastic Romain remains and museum.

[@churchcrawling]

I love the print you made in collab with Joe! There's so much of Colchester I havn't seen. If ever I'm back again, I'll remember some of these spots. Of course, the ruins were my favourite which I did see at least - and several of the churches. Great video guys!

[@alloydog613]

Woo! Colchester! The Hole in the Wall was one of my regular drinking spots :D Thanks - I just learned something new! @11:26 Mention about Lord Audley - I went to Thomas, Lord Audley school on Monkwick, but never knew who he was! Anyway, better crack on with my chainmail...

[@susancousins8766]

This was another amazing tore of the Roman buildings and some artifacts! Thanks for all the sharing you both do ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💜

[@RomanFound]

We really loved this tour!! One of our favourites yet!! 🤎 Thanks for watching Susan!

[@kimbateman226]

Thanks ladies a really interesting historical tour, I no ever new all this existed, My favourite was the Priory ruins with all its miss mash of bricks and tiles. Lovely to see Joe and it would be nice to see the final piece he makes with all your treasures. Have a good week

[@RomanFound]

The priory ruins were magnificent! It would have been so beautiful in its entirety but to think where all that building material came from! It’s a shame they had to use the Roman buildings! Hahah! Will post it in our newsletter tomorrow. 🤎

[@herbertkroll1266]

Impressive!

[@vanessavonhagen3296]

Amazing thanks ❤❤❤

[@RomanFound]

You're welcome! 🙏🤎

[@gregbiggs7564]

Great stuff y’all 💥💥💥💥💥🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@RomanFound]

Thanks Greg!! 🙌🤎

[@colcester]

Camu-lo-doon-am is how ive heard most historians on tv pronounce it. The stone is called Septaria and can be found in that area, it was also heavily used in church building later.

[@RomanFound]

Thanks for the comment 🤓 we found it fascinating how the septaria and tiles were reused from the roman structures themselves in the medieval period! Did you spot the piece of hypocaust tile we saw embedded in St Botolphs Priory? 🙌

[@colcester]

@RomanFound Yes, I've been there several times and have spotted that before. Also in the section of wall in Priory Street there is a Roman drain outflow from the sewer system. For further reused Roman work you missed the church tower of Holy Trinity in the centre of the shopping area, its of Saxon date and is almost completely built from Roman tiles and brick. I don't know if you drove that day but three fascinating sites close by are worth seeking out too, these are the Lexden Dyke, part of the Roman and pre-Roman defensive Ditch System that protected Camuludunum to the west, also the Gosbecks site where further Roman settlement occurred, possibly even a second planned early town, but it had a Fort and a D - shaped theatre, the outlines of both can be seen. Lastly if tides permit a trip to Mersea Island to see both the Roman Causeway called The Strood linking the island to the mainland and also the Mersea Barrow, one of the best preserved in the country.

[@kvppvk]

Great video. Thank you. We are a retired couple very interested in Roman Britain. The combined entry fee of almost £35 for the Castle Museum and ‘empty’ vault underneath however made this a non-starter.

[@RomanFound]

Thank you so much! Yes it’s quite a lot especially with the 3 of us! They have a no filming policy too so we had to leave it out unfortunately!

[@tommullinerart]

I've lived in Colchester for over 20 years now and have learned a great deal from your video. Did you know that when Claudius took back Camolodunum from Boudicca in AD 43, his army landed at Harwich, nearly 20 miles away, and they brought elephants into England for probably the first time. What the locals must have thought of these magnificently strange giant creatures we can only guess! I've been meaning to create a painting of this event for a few years now as I don't think it's ever been depicted!

[@robnewman6101]

The Romans were very good Road Builders.

[@mirkatu3249]

Just thinking about being able to touch and see Roman walls and remains gives me goosebumps. Thanks for another great walking tour. And I signed up for your newsletter! :-)

[@RomanFound]

Discovering these Roman sites is always incredible! 🙌 wahoo! the latest newsletter will be out today with all the extra facts and details surrounding our day 🤓💪

[@charlesperez9976]

I am absolutely blown away by this video,it is definitely your best walking tour so far! And I’m not even finished watching it😂

[@RomanFound]

Thanks so much Charles!! We really loved doing this tour! Lots of great things to see and some really dynamic sites! Let’s us know your favourite site! 💪🤎

[@charlesperez9976]

My favorite site has to be that old church from the fourth century,although there’s not much left. Also,another favorite is actually not Roman,it’s that “hole in the wall” pub,just because it makes me thirsty! I will be mudlarking in London in a few weeks time(yes my permit is in order,thank you)! Perhaps we shall cross paths! I’m an American,you can tell by the amount of exclamation points at the end of my sentences!!!!!

[@MP-uw1qc]

If you visit the George Hotel in the High Street and go down the stairs you can see the burn layer from the Boudiccan sacking of the city.

[@RomanFound]

That’s for the tip! How incredible! 😍

[@drangelaarmstrong-coster8380]

I really enjoyed and learned a lot from your video… thank you… I don’t know if you are aware but you were quite literally just around the corner, from where sisters Jane and Ann Taylor lived in Colchester They wrote the nursery rhyme “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and have a plaque outside their home as well as 2 statues of them on Colchester High Street… you can find images of the plaque and statues on line…. If I knew how to I would attach the links…. But…. Thank You Anyway x

[@RomanFound]

Thank you for sharing that lovely story with us!! We will have to look them up! I hope we can return to Colchester for another visit soon! Thank you for watching!! x

[@reneesuperstar3766]

Another fantastic dig into Roman Britain! I enjoyed this very much. You both do such quality work. I hope one day you'll visit the various sites where historians think Boudicca fought her last stand again the Romans, even if it's now just a farmer's field or a housing estate somewhere. I'm looking forward to your next outing!

[@RomanFound]

Thank you Renee! ❤️ maybe a Boudicca road trip is in order rediscovering the boudican revolt through the locations? 👀 looking forward to seeing you on the next video 🤓

[@reneesuperstar3766]

Yes! Boudicca is an original bad ass! She needs her spotlight. 👍@@RomanFound

[@KernowekTim]

Superb video girls, really 'top-drawer'. Co-incidentally, I've only just finished reading an excellent book, that covers the Boudican era, and the rebellion: "Echo Lands"; A Journey In Search Of Boudica': Duncan MacKay. MacKay is an archaeologist, who has taken part/run archaeological digs specifically related to the topic of this video. In my opinion, this book is a 'must have', for those sharing a keen interest in British/Romano history, I think that it is worth every penny! MacKay actually sheds light on the correct linguistic pronounciation of the tribal name, "Iceni". It ought to be prounounced, more accurately, as "ee-kee-knee" or "ee-kay-knee", as oppossed to the ubiquitous "eye-see-knee". Anyway, enough waffling from me, just trying to be helpful.

[@kubhlaikhan2015]

Thought you might have mentioned the very strong claim for Colchester being the site of Camelot - Camulô-denum. The symbolic importance for "Arthur" to establish court at the original Roman capital in order to reunite the country behind him is obvious.

[@jonescrusher1]

As a suggestion, make sure the music track is quieter than the narration.

[@aaronsaunders6974]

Camolundunum What a cute name. 1st time I heard of it. Had a hard time searching for it on google ☹️

[@RomanFound]

Not the easiest word to spell or say!!! 😅

[@peteaustin9636]

Could have done without the music

[@JimmyMarch]

Bloody music carnt here what your saying