As we descend through the infill of our Iron age ditches and pits more beautiful examples of local pottery emerge.Here is a selection of sherds from the same Grey Ware vessel which has been decorated by rouletting – a decorative technique where a small, toothed wheel or notched tool is rolled against a spinning clay…
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It’s cooler, we’ve had a bit of rain, but the clay is still baked hard and our trowels just seem to polish the surface!
Nevertheless we’ve made some wonderful discoveries, and the afternoon cake has been top notch!
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The heat hasn’t deterred our diggers who have made some interesting discoveries while excavating the in-fill of these iron age ditches. This beautiful Nene Valley colour coated jar. Enough pieces have been found for eventual reconstruction. A fine Roman 3rd to 4th century bone pin fragment with faceted head. And the jawbone of a small
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One of the first trenches placed to investigate the in-fill of three iron age ditch boundaries. Animal bone, iron age and roman pottery was immediately found in a fill of natural stone. Discovery of a beautiful Nene valley colour coated jar.
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We are currently putting together our lecture programme for next season. Details will be released later, but here are the dates for your diaries: Friday 25 September 2026 Friday 30 October 2026 Friday 29 January 2027 Friday 19 February 2027 Friday 19 March 2027 Friday 23 April 2027, including Annual General Meeting All lectures will
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We are delighted and very excited to announce that registration for this year’s excavation of the Roman farmstead site at Nassington will open on Saturday 30th May. The application form will be available to download on this date from the Resources section of our website. For all the information you’ll need please read our FAQs. If you
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Once again, we’ve enjoyed a very successful year, with members participating in lectures, visits andvarious other activities. Our lecture programme has seen us moving in and out of the Roman period, beginning lastSeptember with Stuart Orme telling us about medicine and surgery in the Roman empire, DerekRoberts giving us an update on our excavations at
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