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Probable late Saxon Apse

27.01.20

Radiocarbon dates for a Late Saxon monastic building at Bath Abbey

In 2018, as part of our ongoing work for the Bath Abbey Footprint project, Wessex Archaeology identified the remains of two well-built stone apsidal (semi-circular) structures sealed between Romano-British deposits and later medieval archaeology.

Pointed boss plasterwork detail

27.01.20

A Tale of Two Ceilings 6: Elizabethan and Jacobean Plasterers

Chris Hambledon explores potential candidates for the construction of the plasterwork ceilings at Bath Abbey and nearby pub The Grapes in the concluding blog in this series.

Detail of escutcheons and masks on the ceiling at The Grapes

24.01.20

A Tale of Two Ceilings 5: The Grapes

Fleur de lys plasterwork

22.01.20

A Tale of Two Ceilings 4: The North Aisle of the Nave

Late 18th or early 19th century print showing the Abbey nave's plaster ceiling

20.01.20

A Tale of Two Ceilings 3: The Nave

The Benefactor's Book, detailing donations for the construction of the Abbey

17.01.20

A Tale of Two Ceilings 2: "But your church is unroofed Sir John"

Jacobean plaster work at The Grapes on Westgate Street in Bath, a close match to fragments of Bath Abbey's ceiling

15.01.20

A Tale of Two Ceilings: Bath Abbey

Burials in situ at the Isle of Thanet site

10.01.20

Unusual Isle of Thanet burial features in new documentary

Pioneering techniques, such as UAV, are at the forefront of Wessex Archaeology's practice

08.01.20

Looking ahead: what’s in store for construction and archaeology in 2020?

An excavated burial on site at Somerton

07.01.20

Undisturbed burials on school site shed light on Roman Somerset

Season's greetings from Wessex Archaeology

20.12.19

Season’s Greetings 2019

Making cordage at TAG 2019

20.12.19

Butser at TAG 2019

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