Arromanches Normandy

Posted Wed, 04/15/2009 - 13:17
Arromanches, Normandy Arromanches, Normandy Wessex Archaeology Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Videotext Communications Ltd to undertake a programme of archaeological recording and post-excavation work on an archaeological evaluation undertaken by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ on two sites close to St Côme de Fresné, Arromanches, Normandy, centred on NGR NH 385.7/1185.6 (Puits d’Herode) and 386.1/1185.0 (Point 54).The aim of this exercise was to investigate two of the intended objectives ofthe 1st Battalion of the Dorset Regiment on D-Day - the positions known as Point 54 and Puits d’Herode as part of a programme for the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The main aim of these archaeological investigations was to examine these fortified positions in order to establish whether there was any evidence for why they proved to be better defended than the 1st Dorsets had been led to believe, and to establish whether the Allied intelligence supplied to the 1st Dorsets was inadequate in its assessment of the German defences in this area.
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