Week commencing October 22nd 2018… we begin excavation of test pits in Vicar’ Court no 2, trying to locate a Roman tesserae surface reportedly found in the 19thC. The pit locations were […]
Vicar’s Court dig … is it a wall?
Famous Five go Fieldwalking
Spot the field walker! Five brave souls stood up to storm Callum and gained a sun tan in the process. A ‘quiet’ field with few finds but some of interest that […]
“Belonging and Belongings in the Land of the Iceni”, Natasha Harlow
October 11th, Natasha Harlow gave us a fascinating talk about her PhD research into the culture of the Iceni from around 100 years BCE to about 200 years CE. For part of […]
Building our skills
October 11th, another fascinating day with finds specialist Zoe Tomlinson and conservation expert Jo Gray. We are developing our skills in analysing and recording all the ceramic building materials (CBM), tesserae and […]
The site that keeps on giving!
27th September: Zoe Tomlinson brought some Roman building materials from Lincoln to show us, and teach us about recording the tesserae, CBM and wall plaster we have discovered in the Dean’s garden. […]
Southwell Community Archaeology Group 