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SETTING UP FOR THE THIRD BASING HOUSE FIELD SEASON

July 24, 2015 · by · in Day of Archaeology 2015 · Leave a comment

Reblogged from Day of Archaeology 2015: http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/third-basing-house-season/ Today I’m working at Hampshire Cultural Trust with Dave Allen. I’m lucky because my visit times with the regular weekly volunteer day at the Archaeology Stores, managed by the Curator of Archaeology, David Allen. To find out more about the work of David and the team, visit their excellent […]

Battlefield Archaeology of Basingstoke Common

September 4, 2014 · by · in 2014 Excavation, Finds, Geophysical Survey, Sam Wilson, Student Research Post · 2 Comments

This year there were lots of different research projects being carried out on site whilst we were excavating in the New House. Many of these were being carried out by postgraduate students. One of these students has written a blog post about his research. The Trustees of Basingstoke Common kindly granted us permission to survey […]

The 2014 Basingstoke Common Survey

August 24, 2014 · by · in 2014 Excavation, Geophysical Survey, Magnetometry Survey, Student Reporter, Student Research Post, Will Heard · Leave a comment

Will Heard, who is about to embark on the Archaeological Computing Masters programme at the University of Southampton, has written a blog post summarising his time with us at Basing House this season. Will was working closely with Dom Barker, who headed up the survey of Basingstoke Common. Will is an important member of our […]

Interim Report 2013 – Geophysical Survey

February 21, 2014 · by · in Clare Allen, Geophysical Survey, Interim Report 2013, Kris Strutt, Magnetometry Survey, Spring Survey, Summer Excavation · 2 Comments

This Interim Report will soon be available as a PDF on the Hampshire County Council website for Basing House. The authors are: David Allen Gareth Beale Nicole Beale Chris Elmer Jude Jones Kristian Strutt Clare Allen Daniel Jones There are three posts that make up this report. The post below describes the excavation and recording […]

Interim Report 2013 – Introduction

February 21, 2014 · by · in Excavation Plans, Interim Report 2013, Recording Methodology, Summer Excavation, Uncategorized · 2 Comments

This Interim Report will soon be available as a PDF on the Hampshire County Council website for Basing House. The authors are: David Allen Gareth Beale Nicole Beale Chris Elmer Jude Jones Kristian Strutt Clare Allen Daniel Jones There are three posts that make up this report. The post below describes the excavation and recording […]

Guest Post: Geophysics on Basingstoke Common – Clare Allen

August 23, 2013 · by · in Clare Allen, Magnetometry Survey, Student Research Post, Summer Excavation, Survey Equipment · 1 Comment

Clare Allen has written a post updating us on her ongoing research for her Masters in Archaeological Surveying and Landscape major project. — The three weeks spent doing geophysics on the common were very eventful; from running away from cows to stomping down nettles. However, some very interesting results have been achieved, with a lot […]

Paperwork and un-Commonly Hot

July 19, 2013 · by · in Clare Allen, Excavation Plans, Recording Methodology, Summer Excavation · Leave a comment

This week we’ve been working hard to get everything ready for our dig starting next week. We travelled up to Basing House on Tuesday to meet with all of the staff that work at the site to talk about last minute details. While we were there we walked over to Basingstoke Common to look at […]

Guest Blog: Clare Allen – The Defensive Role of Basing House and its Environs

July 15, 2013 · by · in Clare Allen, Student Research Post, Summer Excavation · Leave a comment

Student Basingstoke Common Survey Project We’re very happy to share the details of another fantastic project that will be happening at the same time as our dig. Postgraduate student, Clare Allen, will be working at Basing House for the duration of the excavation, to investigate the surrounding landscape of the Civil War period of the […]

Guest Blog: Will Heard – Spring 2013 Survey Results Part 2

July 15, 2013 · by · in Spring Survey, Student Research Post, Will Heard · Leave a comment

Last week we published a guest post from Will Heard, as a summary of the Spring Survey that the University of Southampton students carried out this April-May. Here is Will’s second and final blog post about the survey results. Thanks again to Will! — Basing House Spring Survey Part 2 by Will Heard, 2013 Will […]

Guest Blog: Will Heard – Spring 2013 Survey Results Part 1

July 12, 2013 · by · in Spring Survey, Student Research Post, Will Heard · Leave a comment

As part of the Spring Survey that the University of Southampton students carried out this April-May, undergraduate Archaeology students who attended the fieldwork were asked to write a report summarising the survey data. One of the students that attended the Spring Survey, Will Heard, has written a summary of his report, and has kindly allowed […]

Basing House Survey Final Day – A rain check and some reflections

April 13, 2013 · by · in Spring Survey · Leave a comment

Originally posted on Kristian Strutt:
The second week of survey at Basing House finished on Friday in a spray of mud and rain, hailstones and inky cloud. What had promised to be a reasonable day quickly became unworkable, wet and cold. The teams set out for the final day of survey, focusing on completion of…

Basing House Survey, Day Four – Spring finally arrives!

April 11, 2013 · by · in Spring Survey · Leave a comment

Originally posted on Kristian Strutt:
We have had some really productive days on the second phase of survey at Basing House, with third year and postgraduate students from the University of Southamotin working hard, and carrying out resistance survey, magnetometry, GPR and magnetic susceptibility of the Old and New houses, and Civil War defences and…

Basing House Spring Survey – Week 2 Day One

April 8, 2013 · by · in Spring Survey · Leave a comment

Originally posted on Kristian Strutt:
After a few weeks out of the field, the staff and students from the University of Southampton arrived back at Basing House to start the geophysical survey component of the fieldwork. A mix of third year students from Archaeology and Oceanography, Erasmus students and postgraduates headed out to the site.…

Spring Survey Week One – Day Four

March 21, 2013 · by · in Spring Survey · 2 Comments

Today was a cold but very productive day up at Basing House. The student teams are getting faster at recording topography and have covered huge areas of the site. Surveying in the limits of the New House has been tricky as there are partial walls to try to identify. One of the student teams is […]

Spring Survey Week One – Day Three: by Kris Strutt

March 20, 2013 · by · in Spring Survey · Leave a comment

Originally posted on Kristian Strutt:
The third day of archaeological survey at Basing House is over, and the survey teams are really getting in to the swing of things. The two minibuses arrived at 9.20am, driving from sunny Southampton into mist and freezing temperatures around Basingstoke, ready for another exciting day at the site. Tim…

Spring Survey Week One – Day One

March 18, 2013 · by · in Spring Survey · Leave a comment

This week 25 students and 8 staff are working at Basing House to carry out a topographic survey of the entire earthworks complex, and a building survey of the Old House and the Great Barn. Undergraduate and postgraduate Archaeology students have been hard at work, learning how to use total stations for surveying. We’re on […]

Preparing for the Spring Survey

March 13, 2013 · by · in Spring Survey · Leave a comment

This week some of the staff from the surveying modules for undergraduate Archaeology students visited Basing House to set out the grid for the planned survey work. As the site is so large, we spent some time working out where to put our pegs so that all of the teams of students would be able […]