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Metal Detecting Roman Brooches
Roman Brooches Brooches weren’t just for decoration – they were worn by both men and women to secure clothing and they were similar in their securing technique to modern safety pins.. They were normally made of bronze and were commonly decorated with coloured enamels. Brooches were already being worn by the native “British” before the…Continue…
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Metal Detecting
Theres obviously little point in digging things up if you don’t take the time and effort to find out what they are! Your local finds liaison officer will help you to identify your finds. This knowledge enhances the enjoyment to be had from detecting. The ability to identify finds is something that will come with…Continue…
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Identifying your finds – weights
Weights from UK DETECTOR NET Guest- Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 I am attaching a weight that I have had a long time. I have over the years found many of them and I have made the effort to research them and learn. There’s one thing about this hobby and that it is if…Continue…
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Metal Detecting -Identifying your finds
First of all we had better show the artefacts we are discussing – these are my own finds from just one field over a number of years – varying approx. between 20 and 30mm in size and being slightly flat in profile. Gordon Bailey in ‘Finds Identified’ identifies the purpose of these crudely made bronze…Continue…
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Time Team Programme – Lost centuries of St Osyth (27 February) St Osyth, Essex
– home page – home – pre roman cantiaci – background in Gaul – caesar 55bc – caesar 54bc – between the invasions – cassius dio – 43ad invasion – 43ad the legions – 43ad landing site – claudius arrives – conclusion – bibliography – Dig Diary – introduction – Icon – Hillfigures – Netley…Continue…
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Overseas Images from Brugge
– Home page – Brugge – Tunisia – Cairo – Georgia – Co Kerry – Co Kerry Flora – Cyprus Flora – Bellapais Abbey – Kyrenia Castle – Shipwreck Museum – Sunsets in Cyprus – Fabrika Hill Excavations – The Villa of Theseus – Tomb of the Kings – Xanten – Arnhem Images from Brugge…Continue…
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Kent Surrey and Sussex Regiments
Kent Surrey and Sussex Regiments These are the local army regiments which are linked geographically to the counties of Surrey, Kent and Sussex. They are all the product of several amalgamations and re-namings, though all have seen a varied and valliant history. The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) : First…Continue…
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English History and Archaeology
This is a section of the London-Lewes Roman road which Ivan Margery excavated in 1939 at Hoylte, close to the East Sussex/Kent/Surrey borders. He bought the land involved and the footpath which leads to it and presented them to the Sussex AS. The excavated surface has now been covered up to protect it from the…Continue…
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Cantiaci Hillfigures
Cantiaci Hillfigures The Folkestone Horse To start with the youngest… Kent, despite its equine symbol, never actually had a White Horse of its own. This strange omission has now been rectified, thanks to an idea first mooted in 1998 as a Millenium project. Designed by the artist Charles Newington, the Horse galloped into trouble from…Continue…
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Groundwell Ridge Dig Diary by Chris Walker
Thursday 15th July – Week 6 Day 2 [Day 27] Last week of digging Well it’s the National Archaeology Days this Saturday and Sunday, and Friday there are some VIPs and massed ranks of the press (so that’ll be the Swindon Evening Advertiser and the free paper, that comes through the door with all those…Continue…
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Groundwell Ridge Dig Diary by Chris Walker
Wednesday 14th July – Week 6 Day 1 [Day 26] Last week of digging Ok – suitably refreshed from the “weekend” and raring to go on the final week digging. Today myself, Kat and Neil will be concentrating on “deep room” (it all sounds vaguely “Black Ops” or early 1970’s Watergate ), peeling back…Continue…
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Groundwell Ridge Dig Diary by Chris Walker
Saturday 10th July – Week 5 Day 4 [Day 24] Planning and recording the wooden feature until lunchtime. Then pack the timber with the clay that was excavated from around it and backfilled to protect it for future excavations. In a way heartbreaking after 5 ½ weeks, but then again secure for the future. I…Continue…
