In the 1080s construction of the Castle was temporarily stopped and battlements were built on top of the walls for defence.
The outline of the battlements can be seen half-way up in the wall.
The prison in the Castle was extended in 1787. . . . — — Map (db m314187) HM
On the first floor of the Castle is a blocked doorway which formed one of two original entrances. Evidence can be seen of where a wooden stairway once led up to the door.
Lower down the wall there are traces of a large doorway which gave access . . . — — Map (db m314198) HM
This series of murals was commissioned in 1972-73 for the newly constructed subways under Southway.
The Artists
The husband and wife team of Henry Collins (1910-94) and Joyce Pallot (1912-2003) lived and worked in Colchester. They used . . . — — Map (db m314199) HM
This is the site of one of the six Roman gates in the town wall, providing access to the river Colne and the coast. It is likely to have had a double archway and an overhead walkway.
Nothing of the original gate remains. However, the Roman town . . . — — Map (db m314186) HM
In memory of the victims of the "Essex Witch Hunts" who were imprisoned in Colchester Castle.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, over 200 women and men were held in the cells of Colchester Castle on charges of witchcraft.
Many died while . . . — — Map (db m314197) HM
The remains of several buildings can be seen in front of the Castle. They were uncovered during excavations carried out between 1931 and 1933.
Immediately in front of you are the remains of a chapel originally constructed by the Saxons, but . . . — — Map (db m314193) HM
This is the original main entrance to the Castle.
It was approached by a staircase in a stone forebuilding, the remains of which can be seen below the bridge. It had a massive timber door similar to the one that can be seen today.
The door . . . — — Map (db m314195) HM
In the centuries following the end of Roman rule the Town Wall was used by the people of Colchester as a convenient source of building stone. As a result, by the time of the Peasants Revolt in 1381 the wall was in a very poor state of repair. . . . — — Map (db m304082) HM
The churchyard of St Botolph's continued to be used for burials after the church itself was badly damaged in 1648 during the English Civil War. Burials gradually ceased after the opening of Colchester Cemetery in Mersea Road in 1856. Amongst those . . . — — Map (db m304415) HM
The priory of St Julian and St Botolph was founded in 1103 by a community of priests who had previously served an important church on this site. The dedication to St Botolph, an East Anglian abbot who died in 680, indicates a Saxon origin for the . . . — — Map (db m304636) HM
St Botolph's Priory was founded in 1099 and was the first house of Augustinian canons, or priests, in England.
The only building to survive is the nave of the priory church, built mostly of reused brick and stone from the Roman city. It was . . . — — Map (db m304635) HM
This pinnacled gatehouse elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John. It was built c.1400 to strengthen the abbey's defences following the Peasants' Revolt. Later part of the . . . — — Map (db m314201) HM
