Sunday, 8 May 2016

Oh Brother where art thou?

DDCAG members and locals interested in their village heritage went to Hentridge yesterday to look over the possible site of a Benedictine priory that was abandoned in the late 1400s. We are planning to do geophiz on two fields with two more a possibility. Hopefully we will find some foundations and then plan for a targeted dig. This could be the start of something big which could keep us busy for several years. Keep looking in.  

Ghost town?

Two more trenches have been opened and another re-cut of the medieval boundary ditch has been found. Plenty of pottery and bones too.    How...