EXERCISE: ROUNDHOUSE | SEPTEMBER 2020
An excavation to find evidence of a Bronze Age roundhouse and dwellings at Dunch Hill on Salisbury Plain. It is intended that a replica of the house will be built at Butser Ancient Farm during 2021.
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EXERCISE: REDCAP RECOVERY (PHASE 3) | JUNE 2019
An excavation at Bullecourt on the Western Front in France that was the area of two devastating battles in April and May 1917. This project was focussed on an Australian Dugout and communication trench on the Railway Embankment.
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EXERCISE: DIGGING BAND OF BROTHERS | MAY 2019
From September 1943 until June 1944, Aldbourne in Wiltshire was home to the infamous US Paratroopers: Easy Company from the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division. This excavation aimed to locate the bunk hut used by the Platoon Sergeants of Easy Co, including Carwood Lipton and Don Malarkey.
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EXERCISE: SHALLOW GRAVE | MAY 2019
An excavation in the Cotswolds to find evidence of an Anglo-Saxon burial ground, that was under threat from farming and ploughing.
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[CAUTION: Contains Images Of Human Remains]
EXERCISE: REDCAP RECOVERY | MARCH 2019
As part of the ongoing archaeological project on Rat Island, in Portsmouth Harbour. In 2019, an excavation utilising personnel from the Special Investigation Branch (SIB) of the Royal Military Police, aimed to further recover human remains under threat from erosion.
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[CAUTION: Contains Images Of Human Remains]
EXERCISE: BEOWULF | JULY 2018
A return to the Anglo-Saxon burial site at Barrow Clump on Salisbury Plain. This excavation aimed to study the effects of military tracked vehicles on the abundant archaeology in the area.
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[CAUTION: Contains Images Of Human Remains]
EXERCISE: SLEEPY HOLLOW | JULY 2018
At Barton Farm, on the outskirts of Winchester, is an area that was once used a camp for the Southern Hampshire Militia and later, thousands of German Hessian Mercenaries. This excavation sought evidence of the Hessian Camp prior to new housing development work taking place on the site.
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RE-CHALKING THE BULFORD KIWI | JUNE 2018
During WW1, soldiers from New Zealand were stationed at Bulford Camp on Salisbury Plain, prior to deployment in France and Belgium. Soldiers, at the time, constructed a Kiwi out of chalk on a side of a hill close to the Camp. This project aimed to restore and maintain the Kiwi with fresh chalk, delivered by Chinook helicopters.
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EXERCISE: JOAN OF ARC | JUNE 2018
Our second excavation on the Western Front to find further evidence of the first Battle Of Bullecourt (11th April 1917), and the fate of MKII tank #796.
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[CAUTION: Contains Images Of Human Remains]
EXERCISE: BEOWULF | NOVEMBER 2017
Part of an ongoing recovery project at Barrow Clump on Salisbury Plain - the site of a 6th Century Anglo-Saxon burial ground.
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[CAUTION: Contains Images Of Human Remains]
EXERCISE: CELTIC FESTIVAL | JULY 2017
An archaeological excavation to seek evidence of a roundhouse and associated midden at Chisenbury on Salisbury Plain.
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EXERCISE: JOAN OF ARC | JUNE 2017
An archaeological project on the Western Front, in Bullecourt, France. The aim was to locate Lt. Hugh Skinners British MKII tank (#796) that attacked the Hindenburg Line on 11th April 1917.
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[CAUTION: Contains Images Of Human Remains]
EXERCISE: MAGWITCH | MAY 2017
A recovery excavation to ascertain that Prisoners who died on moored Prison Hulks (retired ships of the line, late 18th / early 19th century) were buried on the tiny Burrow (Rat) Island in Portsmouth Harbour.
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[CAUTION: Contains Images Of Human Remains]
EXERCISE: HURAGAN | SEPT 2015
During the Battle Of Britain, a Hawker Hurricane flown by a Polish pilot from the infamous 303 Squadron, was shot down north of Brighton on 9th September 1940. This excavation aimed to locate and recover what remained of the aircraft.
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EXERCISE: DIGGING WAR-HORSE | SEPTEMBER 2014
During the First World War, a horse hospital was established near the Fargo Plantation at Larkhill on Salisbury Plain. This project included an archaeological excavation, led by Julian Richards, and a series of community activities and presentations.
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