Blog entries tagged excavation http://www.wshc.eu Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:15:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.wshc.eu/blog/wshc-conservator-almost-meets-the-ancestors.html <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The coffin lining was discovered in 1999 at the St Swithuns' Yard site&nbsp;on Walcot Street, Bath.&nbsp;The original excavation and conservation work was undertaken by the Museum of London and the project was filmed as part of the BBC series &lsquo;Meet the Ancestors&rsquo; with Julian Richards.</p><br/><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Two coffins were found at the site. They were buried by the side of an alley way in the late 4th cRead More... Blog Administrator Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 wooden coffin Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre Walcot Street tests teeth Syria St Swithuns' Yard skeleton series Roman Baths Museum reinterpret redisplay reconstruction Project preserved Planning Objects Conservation Laboratory Museum of London Meet the Ancestors man’s face male local lead coffin lining late 4th century Julian Richards filmed female exhibitionmuseum excavation eastern Mediterranean discovered development plan conservation work conservation equipment conservation collection coffins clay buried bones BBC ancestors analysis analysis 5 year 45 years old 25 years old 1999 http://www.wshc.eu/blog/roman-bath-house-reveals-more-secrets.html <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The third season of excavation at the Roman bath house building at Truckle Hill has just been completed.&nbsp; These past two weeks have revealed a lot of surprises about what we now know were a complex of buildings in this small valley bottom location close to Castle Combe.</p><br/><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;<br /></p><br/><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><img title="Pieces of Painted Wall Plaster" src="httpRead More... Blog Administrator Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:28:24 +0100 Wiltshire Truckle Hill third season tessellated pavements suite of rooms Roman Villa Roman bath house building pre-bath house building Phil and Darren.Wessex Archaeology monumental entrance long term preservation of the site intact painted wall plaster grant funding excavation earlier building discovery in 2004 dedicated volunteers conservation of Roman masonry complex of buildings column classic late Roman t-shaped corn dryer Castle Combe building for feasting and dining backfilling AD 85 AD 250 http://www.wshc.eu/blog/news-from-the-objects-conservation-labs.html <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">We thought it was time for another update on the grave burial from Bognor Regis as yet more exciting finds have been uncovered.<br /></p><br/><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /><img title="The helmet" src="http://www.wshc.eu/images//helmetcropped.jpg" alt="The helmet" width="399" height="202" /><br />The Helmet<br />&nbsp;</p><br/><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The latest stage of the excavation has seen the helmetRead More... Blog Administrator Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 uncovered treatment sword ornate hanging attachments Objects News Labs Kelly Abbott helmet grave items grave burial Fragments finds excavation contract conservator conservation chin Bognor http://www.wshc.eu/blog/Bognor-Regis-Burial-Latest-Update-324.html <p class="MsoNormal">Work has progressed significantly since our last blog entry &ndash; as a result of a lot of hard work from our Contract Conservator! The shield boss has now been excavated along with a large iron object which has two copper alloy rings placed alongside it. The identity of this is unknown but one suggestion has been that it might be a large knife or sword that has been bent in half.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://www.wshc.eu/images//Bognor%20Regis%202.jpg" alt="possRead More... Blog Administrator Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100 sword helmet excavation