May 02
Cranfield University Forensic Institute (Shrivenham) are returning this year to try to extend our knowledge of the extent, nature and above all date of the buried complex in the field to the west of the church. This year the area of interest will be the …
Mar 06
Sunday saw a group of us meet with Rectory Wood with Neil Stevens and some of his colleagues, to do a metal detecting survey of the wood, with the aim of finding what traces of the 101st Airborne occupation of the area remain.
We only have time to survey about half the area, and …
Nov 30
The announcement from the British Museum on Monday afternoon of the latest finds to be reported through the Portable Antiquities Scheme means that many of our members can now talk about everything we saw one morning back in 2015.
Some 46 members of ACHG travelled to the British Museum at the end on …
Jun 26
Jun 01
Wessex Archaeology blog about and Anglo-Saxon cemetry at Collingbourne Ducis
Not local, but we can’t not mention the new Roman writing tablets: BBC, MOLA
May 27
Has a wonderful day on Thursday digging with Ogbourne St Andrew History Group, who with the help of a team from Cranfield University led by Karl Harrison are investigating a medieval site. They welcome volunteers even if they have never dug before.
We were very lucky with the weather , and the …
Apr 28
Apr 26
Ogbourne St Andrew History Group are running a dig again this year, see here for details
Apr 22
See here for news of a Anglo-Saxon cemetery and other prehistoric finds at Bulford. And further coverage at Heritage Daily.
Stonehenge may be have been a cemetry, see the Daily Mail
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