The Bottle Inn update

 After digging two small trenches at the front of The Bottle Inn we found no archaeology. Two larger trenches cannot be excavated due to not having access to a digging machine. So we will have to leave that project for the time being. 

It's The Blobs!

These are the results of the geophysical survey of The Bottle Inn and one can only say that the picture is unclear! However, it is still worth opening a couple of trial trenches to see what the soft earth (dark) and light earth (grey) may be. we have access to a digging machine for these, but we may also open one or two test pits by hand. Before doing this work we are planning to geophiz the small area in front of the pub to see if we need to open a trench there also. Look in for short films and photos of our work.  
 

Finding Flints

Dorset Diggers Community Archaeology Group: Finding Flints: This is a little film about how to distinguish between natural flint and human made tools. If you have found anything that you may think ...

Geophysical Survey

The geophysics team undertook a survey at the Bottle Inn last week and covered the first and largest area we are interested in. Other, smaller, areas will be surveyed later. Lots of walking up and down and many beeps later it was finished. Luckily the weather was mild and no rain.  

AGM

 

People begin to arrive for the AGM

Our AGM saw a good turnout. A new committee is being put together by the new Chair, Chris Tripp. 

Membership is climbing, due to the Facebook message asking for people to get involved with the two projects just beginning. The Bottle Inn geophysics results will be shown here soon. 

The Group is now represented on the new Dorset Archaeological Forum.

Stalbridge House has finished and the History Society now has all the archive of four seasons of excavation.

We hope to have two events happening in the Spring, one to Martin Green's museum and a visit to the new exhibition on the Archaeology of Crete in Oxford.  

Pub Dig - again

Our next project will be starting soon, when our geophysics team returns from Oz! Photos and results of our survey will appear here, so keep looking in.

Beaminster Buzz

 

Presented a talk on the Stalbridge Park excavations of 2018-2022 at Beaminster Museum. Went very well and 25-30 people ventured out into the rain to hear the story of Robert Boyle's abode in Dorset.