Posts Tagged ‘TVAS Reading’
TVAS Reading: Excavations at Down Ampney, Wiltshire
TVAS Reading: Excavations at Down Ampney, Wiltshire Ongoing quarry works in the Cotswolds have allowed us to excavate large swathes of land and build a picture of the landscape over a significant area. One of the many quarries that we excavate in the Cotswolds is a site at Down Ampney. The site connects with many…
Read MoreTVAS Reading: Project Update: The Street Farm, Tackley Roman Villa
TVAS Reading: Project Update: The Street Farm, Tackley Roman Villa A large open excavation project has recently been completed on a Roman Villa in Tackley, Oxfordshire in advance of housing construction. At present the project has proven to be one of our most exciting investigations to date. Located in the archaeologically rich area of the…
Read MoreTVAS Reading: Dryleaze Quarry’s Barrow Cemetery
TVAS Reading: Dryleaze Quarry’s Barrow Cemetery Dryleaze Farm, located in Gloucestershire, is one of TVAS’ longest running quarry projects. It has regularly produced incredible and well preserved archaeology over the last 8 years of investigation. We are currently nearing completion of phase 11, one of the largest areas of interest. Similar in form to that…
Read MoreTVAS Reading: Medieval Tile Kilns at Silver Street, Reading
TVAS Reading: Medieval Tile Kilns at Silver Street, Reading TVAS recently held an open day at our excavations of a mediaval tile production site at Silver Street, Reading. The posters produced for the open day can now be accessed online here.
Read MoreTVAS Reading: Deviant Saxon Burials at Guildown Avenue, Guildford
TVAS Reading: Deviant Saxon Burials at Guildown Avenue, Guildford A total of nine burials were recovered on a relatively small parcel of land in Guildown, one the edge of Guildford in Surrey. Three of the graves were found to exhibit elements that were atypical to the burial practices of the area during the 6th century…
Read MoreTVAS Reading: Eysey Manor Quarry – Remains of a post-medieval farmhouse found at the Gloucestershire quarry site
TVAS Reading: Eysey Manor Quarry – Remains of a post-medieval farmhouse found at the Gloucestershire quarry site Archaeologists from Thames Valley Archaeological Services have excavated the remains of a farmhouse at Eysey Manor in Gloucestershire. Historic maps date the main farmhouse and associated outbuildings and yards date to at least the 1880s, with the site…
Read MoreTVAS Reading: Roman shoes and a giant’s grave at Top Road, Kempsford
TVAS Reading: Roman shoes and a giant’s grave at Top Road, Kempsford Archaeologists from TVAS have been excavating land along Top Road in Kempsford, Gloucestershire ahead of a housing development. Guided by the findings of evaluation trenches, an open area excavation revealed a significant number of archaeological features and a long history of site use…
Read MoreEysey Manor Farm: Open Excavation continues to find evidence of Iron Age Occupation
Eysey Manor Farm: Open Excavation continues to find evidence of Iron Age Occupation Open excavation at Eysey Manor quarry continues as the project moves into phase 8 of ongoing investigation. Similar to the previous phases, further evidence of Iron Age occupation is exposed, represented by a number of ring ditches, pits and linears. Striking images…
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