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SETTING UP FOR THE THIRD BASING HOUSE FIELD SEASON

July 24, 2015 · by · in Day of Archaeology 2015 · Leave a comment

Reblogged from Day of Archaeology 2015: http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/third-basing-house-season/ Today I’m working at Hampshire Cultural Trust with Dave Allen. I’m lucky because my visit times with the regular weekly volunteer day at the Archaeology Stores, managed by the Curator of Archaeology, David Allen. To find out more about the work of David and the team, visit their excellent […]

Day 7 – Ice Cream, Rain & RTI! – by Vicky

August 5, 2013 · by · in Day Seven, Student Reporter, Summer Excavation · Leave a comment

Second Week Begins! So the first week of the Basing House dig has gone, and after a well-deserved Sunday break, the second week begins. Despite spells of rain, it did not dampen the team’s efforts with the trench dig and progress was made. This was seen especially in the tough far corner, which finally after […]

Basing House Survey Final Day – A rain check and some reflections

April 13, 2013 · by · in Spring Survey · Leave a comment

Originally posted on Kristian Strutt:
The second week of survey at Basing House finished on Friday in a spray of mud and rain, hailstones and inky cloud. What had promised to be a reasonable day quickly became unworkable, wet and cold. The teams set out for the final day of survey, focusing on completion of…

Spring Survey Week One – Day Four

March 21, 2013 · by · in Spring Survey · 2 Comments

Today was a cold but very productive day up at Basing House. The student teams are getting faster at recording topography and have covered huge areas of the site. Surveying in the limits of the New House has been tricky as there are partial walls to try to identify. One of the student teams is […]

Site Visit (in the snow)

March 4, 2013 · by · in Summer Excavation · Leave a comment

We met with the Keeper of Archaeology at Basing House a few weeks ago to begin to plan the Summer excavations. As you can see it was a snowy day! The site looked gorgeous with a white covering, and the snow meant that the trenches from the 1960s that we are going to be working […]