Excavating a Roman mosaic at Dorchester

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Excavations at Ivy Street and Brown Street by Wessex Archaeology in 1994

29.05.20

Salisbury Sites 17: Ivy Street and Brown Street

The number of archaeological projects undertaken in Salisbury increased in the years after 1991. In 1994, two trenches were excavated on either side of the Queen’s Arms public house at the corner of Ivy Street and Brown Street.

Salisbury Sites 16: Old George Mall, New Street

22.05.20

Salisbury Sites 16: Old George Mall, New Street

This week, Phil Harding's Salisbury Site blog focuses on Old George Mall in New Street Chequer; one of the first sites in the city where excavations were undertaken as a condition of new planning consent guidance in the early 1990s.

The Well-City Project

22.05.20

The Well-City Project

Drawing on Heritage: Window tracery, Tintern Abbey

22.05.20

Drawing on Heritage: Window tracery, Tintern Abbey

Drawing on Heritage: Saxon fitting, Springhead

21.05.20

Drawing on Heritage: Saxon fitting, Springhead

Medieval Floor Tile, Hill Hall, recreated as a colouring sheet by our talented in-house creatives

20.05.20

Drawing on Heritage: Medieval Floor Tile, Hill Hall

Drawing on Heritage: Roman Mosaic, Dorchester, discovered by Wessex Archaeology during excavations in 2000-2001

19.05.20

Drawing on Heritage: Roman Mosaic, Dorchester

Building a Neolithic House: Our first trip to site

18.05.20

Building a Neolithic House: Our first trip to site

The ceiling at Bath Abbey, captured in a new downloadable colouring sheet from Wessex Archaeology

18.05.20

Drawing on Heritage: Bath Abbey Ceiling

An example of lustreware

12.05.20

Salisbury Sites 15: New Canal

HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan

11.05.20

Rare ship dock where Darwin’s Beagle spent her final days gains heritage protection

Excavations by Wessex Archaeology at Salisbury Market

08.05.20

Salisbury Sites 14: Salisbury Market Place

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