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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 […]

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