County: Oxfordshire
Sat 21 July; 12.00-17.00
This season sees the project involved in a three-pronged investigation into the ancient past of Dorchester-on-Thames. Dr Gill Hey will lead further investigation into the relationship between the Neolithic cursus and the Beaker burial revealed last season, as well as examining possible later features revealed by the geophysics.
In the Village Allotment, led by Paul Booth, we will be pursuing the story of Late Roman life within the town walls and unravelling the complex of ditches and pits that likely date from that period. Additionally, a series of test pits will be dug in village gardens, adding even more data – threads to be woven into the story of Dorchester.
Visit our excavations of a Neolithic monument, a Bronze Age burial, and a Roman town. See artefacts from the excavations, take guided tours of the sites, have experts identify your finds, and children's activities.
Location: Dorchester-on-Thames (Allotments) OX10 7JG. Follow signs to the village from the A4074 or A415. Signage will direct you to site.
Org: University of Oxford/Oxford Archaeology
Name: Wendy A Morrison
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/DOT1.html
Part of the Festival of British Archaeology 2012
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