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A Mosaic for the Circus

Work has begun on the construction of a unique mosaic illustrating the excitement of the Roman circus. Artist Peter Froste designed the mosaic, inspired by ancient Roman examples from the continent. It is hoped that the pavement, which is being made at the Philip Morant School and College, will be given a permanent home on the site of recently-discovered circus in Colchester.

You might be interested to read through the press release (107 Kb) and the resulting articles in local newspapers:

• The Essex County Standard of 16^th September 2005 (1.6 Mb)

• The East Anglian Daily Times of 19^th September 2005 (1.2 Mb)

• The Evening Gazette of 19^th September 2005 (735 Kb)

• The Essex County Standard of 23^rd September 2005 (4.8 Mb)

Note that all these articles are in PDF format, for which you will need a dedicated reader to view. This can be downloaded Adobe's website if you don't already have it installed.

There is also an overview of this project on the Local Heritage Initiative website.