Sunday, 17 November 2019

Roll up, roll up.

The event at the Stalbridge Village Hall went very well. In co-operation with the Dorset County Museum 'pop-up' display, Dorset Diggers and the Stalbridge History Society it is a weekend history event for the village. The coffee/tea and home made cake were excellent. c.200 people visited our displays on Saturday.





Saturday, 9 November 2019

Two for the price of one!

Chris Tripp and Chris Chaney looked at the excavation and interpretation of Stalbridge House today, illustrating the need for developing a partnership between off site and on the ground research to answer some tricky questions about the scale of the house and what elevations are shown on the two drawings that exists from the 18th century. 
   


The 5m square test trench has proved very fruitful. Ditch features and Early Medieval dating evidence has been produced and the evidence sug...