Posts Tagged ‘TVAS South West’
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 South West: Excavations at Slate Lane Quarry, West Camel
TVAS South West: Excavations at Slate Lane Quarry, West Camel Slate Lane Quarry is situated close to two scheduled monuments (a late Roman building made of stone with a cremation and the shrunken Medieval Village of Downhead) as well as other Roman and Iron Age settlements. A geophysical survey and trial trenching evaluation took place…
Read MoreTVAS SouthWest Update: Open Excavation reveals BA Enclosure
TVAS SouthWest Update: Open Excavation reveals BA Enclosure Extensive excavation at Bath Road in Gloucestershire has identified archaeological activity ranging from the Neolithic to the early Iron Age. Notably, within the wide range of features recorded during the investigation were two cremation burials and further ditches forming a Bronze Age enclosure. Due to limitations of…
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