The online library of reports and publications about archaeological work in Colchester (http://cat.essex.ac.uk) continues to grow as more reports are uploaded. Visit the site and you can download for free various offerings including the first twenty editions of The Colchester Archaeologist (for the years 1987-2006), seven of the twelve published volumes of the Colchester Archaeological Reports (the rest to follow), and about 450 archive reports covering fieldwork over the last fifteen years or so.

The website of the Friends of the Colchester Archaeological Trust has been given a new home and a new look. You can find it at http://friendsofcat.org.uk/.

Issue 22 of the Trust's annual magazine, The Colchester Archaeologist, was published today (June 24th 2009). Subjects featured include the Roman wooden paddle found during the latest investigations at the Colchester Institute, the startling possibility that Julius Caesar captured Iron Age Colchester, and the surviving world of William Wire, Colchester's best known Victorian archaeologist. If you would like a copy, please consider joining the Friends of CAT (http://friendsofcat.org.uk/why-join/) because Friends are each sent a copy of the latest edition of The Colchester Archeologist as part of their membership. Otherwise you will need to visit Colchester where you should be able to buy a copy from any of the following outlets: Waterstones, Red Lion Books, Smiths, Colchester Castle Museum, the Tourist Information Centre, and Guntons in Crouch Street. For more information about the contents, see http://catuk.org/doku.php?id=publications:magazine.