Excavating the CA Archive – Roman Cirencester

This month’s column comprises the latest in visited Chester and Colchester, and next up is Cirencester (Corinium). While not the most famous Romano-British town, it has fared well in the annals of Current Archaeology, first appearing in CA 29 (November 1971) and recurring regularly since then, including in multiple cover stories – most recently, CA 397 (April 2023).UNDERSTANDING THE CITYThe ‘hare mosaic’, featured as the cover of CA 29, was found in a house in Insula XII