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Public Engagement
Mike has written a blog post about his experience earlier this week helping out the Education Team at Basing House with their family activity sessions. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this topic, Mike! — Public Engagement – Dig Pits, Trench Tours and Object Handling During this season’s dig, part of the aim is to […]
Archaeologists visit Basing House
New Students Trip Tomorrow I am very excited to be bringing the new intake of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Department of Archaeology to Basing House! We’re going to be touring the site and talking about this year’s excavation. We’ve only got a couple of hours, so we won’t be able to show the […]
Basing House Open Days – Beyond the Brick Wall
As part of our time at Basing House, we were keen to work with the Hampshire County Council team to keep visitors informed of our dig, and to tell people all about the history of Basing House in an engaging way. The dig was also a training excavation; a compulsory part of an Archaeology or […]
Final Preparations
I’ve been doing some last minute preparations, ready for the first day of our dig tomorrow. We how have a Facebook page! The page is here: https://www.facebook.com/BasingHouseCAT I’ve also made a ton of stickers. So that when you come to visit us, you can easily see who is a member of the project team. We’ll […]
Bring Your Bones! Bones Identification Day 8th August
Osteologists Visit Basing House Do you have a mystery bone that you dug up in the garden or found whilst walking the dog? Would you like to find out more about how archaeologists identify bones? We have fantastic news for you! Bones Identification Day at Basing House 8th August 11am-4pm Ellie Williams and her team […]
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