Posts Tagged ‘Bronze Age’
TVAS South West: Site update- Woodsford Quarry, Woodsford, Dorset
TVAS South West: Site update – Woodsford Quarry TVAS South West have recently finished excavating another phase at Woodsford Quarry, Woodsford, Dorset. During this phase they encountered two ring ditches and a series of urned cremations. The urned cremations were block lifted and taken back to the office where they can be carefully excavated under…
Read MoreTVAS Reading: Late Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation at Two Gate Lane, Overton, Hampshire
TVAS Reading: Late Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation at Two Gate Lane, Overton, Hampshire Excavations at Two Gate Lane, Overton revealed two phases of significant prehistoric occupation, one in the late Neolithic and one in the late Bronze Age. Late Neolithic The late Neolithic was represented by three pits. The two most significant pits contained…
Read MoreTVAS North Midlands: Excavations at Mouselow Quarry, Glossop, North Derbyshire
TVAS North Midlands: Excavations at Mouselow Quarry, Glossop, North Derbyshire Content warning: this article contains discussion of cremated human bone During the stripping in advance of extension at Mouselow Quarry, Glossop, North Derbyshire, a series of cremations were found. In total four cremations were found but only one was contained in a mostly complete vessel.…
Read MoreTVAS Reading: Excavations at Tanyard Farm, Lenham, Kent
TVAS Reading: Excavations at Tanyard Farm, Lenham, Kent After 8 months the excavations at Tanyard Farm, Old Ashford Road, Lenham have finished. The site produced evidence of human occupation from the Mesolithic through to the Anglo-Saxon period. Here is a brief summary of the finds.. Above: Map showing the site and surrounding area. The…
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