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<< Our Photo Pages >> Andover Museum of the Iron Age - Museum in England in Hampshire

Submitted by vicky on Friday, 08 June 2007  Page Views: 11939

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Andover Museum of the Iron Age
Country: England County: Hampshire Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Andover
Map Ref: SU36614579  Landranger Map Number: 185
Latitude: 51.210149N  Longitude: 1.477288W
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TheCaptain visited on 23rd Aug 2019 I particularly liked the Lego model of an Iron Age hillfort situated in front of the Roman Fullerton Mosaic, which was found in the main room of a Romano-British villa in the nearby village of Fullerton. The centre piece to the mosaic is the god Mars in his role as protector of agriculture.

graemefield visited on 1st Jan 2007 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5

Andover Museum of the Iron Age
Andover Museum of the Iron Age submitted by TheCaptain : Lego model of an Iron Age hillfort in the entrance to the Andover Museum of the Iron Age. Behind is part of the Fullerton Mosaic, which was found in the main room of a Romano-British villa in the nearby village of Fullerton. The centre piece to the mosaic is the god Mars in his role as protector of agriculture. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Museum of the Iron Age in Andover primarily tells the story of Danebury Ring, the huge Iron Age hillfort a few miles to the south.

Taken from their web site.
Situated across two floors, the Museum of the Iron Age tells the story of the Danebury hillfort which lies to the south west of Andover. The hillfort was excavated by Professor Barry Cunliffe between 1969 and 1988 and is one of the best-studied sites of the British Iron Age.

Address: 6, Church Close, SP10 1DP
Phone: 01264 366283
Opening Hours: Open Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm
Admission: Free
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Re: Andover Museum of the Iron Age by davidmorgan on Friday, 13 March 2015
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Body of Evidence trail and Workshops for 2012 Festival of British Archaeology by Andy B on Wednesday, 18 July 2012
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Body of Evidence

County: Hampshire

Sat 14-Sat 28 July; workshops 10.30 & 13.30 14, 21 & 28 July; Talk Fri 27 July 11.00; Finds Identification Sat 28 July, 11.00-15.00

Workshops - There will be 90-minute workshop sessions with an expert osteoarchaeologist - looking at Iron Age skeleton material and studying the evidence for age, gender, disease, trauma etc. Numbers are limited to 12 per workshop, advanced booking required. There is a charge of £5 per head with a special family rate of £16 - call the Museum for details. Talk - There is a 45 minute family friendly talk 'Archaeology around Andover' featuring Danebury. Numbers are limited to 40, advance booking required. £1 per head.

Self-led activities - Throughout the Festival period there will be a self-led 'Body of Evidence' trail which will involve participants looking at skeletal evidence and answering questions and drawing conclusions. There is no charge for this activity. NB. These activities involve looking at (but not handling) human skeletal remains. Sat 28 July;

Finds Identification - Rob Webley, the Hampshire Finds Liaison Officer will be at the Museum from 11.00 - 3.00 - your opportunity to bring in finds and let the expert identify them for you. Talk - There is a 45 minute family friendly talk 'Archaeology around Andover' featuring Danebury. Numbers are limited to 40, advance booking required. £1 per head.

Location: Andover Museum and the Museum of the Iron Age, 6 Church Close, Andover, SP10 1DP.

Org: Hampshire County Council Arts and Museums service
Name: Jenny Stevens
Tel: 01264 366283
Web: http://www.hants.gov.uk/andover-museum http://www.hants.gov.uk/museums

Part of the Festival of British Archaeology 2012
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Re: Andover Museum of the Iron Age by technopagans on Sunday, 10 June 2007
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Cerridwen Connelly here...

Not that I am trying to put anyone off visiting this little museum, but just to make you aware that it is very SMALL (as musuems go) and some of the exhibits are reconstructions and not the genuine artefacts from Danebury.

Worth a visit nonetheless - and the staff are very knowledgeable about Danebury and eager to chat about it.
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Outing to Danebury Iron Age Hillfort and Museum of the Iron Age 16th August by Andy B on Friday, 08 June 2007
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Outing to Danebury Iron Age Hillfort and Museum of the Iron Age, Andover.
10:45 am, Thursday, 16 August, 2007
An all-day own car outing to the hillfort at Danebury and the Museum of the Iron Age, Andover.

Danebury is one of the most extensively studied hillforts in Europe. Evidence uncovered during many seasons of excavations led by Professor Barry Cunliffe has revealed that the fort was built 2500 years ago and occupied for some 500 years until the Romans arrived, though the main gate – the key to the defences – seems to have been burnt down around 100BC, after which, although it continued in use, the site seems to have been no longer defended and its importance declined. Much of what we know of the Iron Age in Britain results from analysis of the discoveries at Danebury. In the morning we will be given a guided tour of the site by David Allen, Senior Keeper of Archaeology for Hampshire County Museums Service, who will explain the chronology of the fort, the layout of the defences, and the evidence of habitation and ritual use.

After lunch drive to Andover for a visit to the Museum of the Iron Age which houses many of the artefacts uncovered during Professor Cunliffe’s excavations. The Museum also has life-size models and reconstructions of Iron Age life.

The tour will take about 2 hours and involve a walk of between one and two miles.

Booking Essential.
For further information, or to book a place, contact the Bookings Secretary on 01380 727369
Cost: £4.00

http://www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk/events/index.php?Action=2&thID=247&prev=1
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