Author Archives: Alexandra

It’s been quite a while since our last updates on the Lyminge Project, but we have some lovely ‘Lyminge News’ to share with you all from this ‘behind-the-excavation’ period of research. It seems like it was only a little while … Continue reading →

We’re back in Reading, the dust has settled and there is finally time to round up the end of the dig and let you all know how it went and whether we got all our questions answered this summer in … Continue reading →

The rainy misery continues here in Lyminge, with yet another day rained off after some excellent speedy progress in the brief sunny respite yesterday morning. Our last week digging in Lyminge is looking to be one of the wettest and … Continue reading →

I wrote the last blog post on the day of epic weather last week. With rain, wind, hailstones  and a general feeling of impending doom we had to call off work for the day quite early, but happily until yesterday … Continue reading →

We’re holding an Open Day on 22nd August 2015, from 10am until 4.30pm. Site tours will be scheduled at 11am, 1pm and 3pm, led by dig director Dr Gabor Thomas and there are activities for children including a ‘Little Dig’, … Continue reading →

Week two has brought not only a greater depth to our new slot through the ‘blob’, but an almost endless parade of finds. Fragments from glass vessels such as cone beakers and claw beakers are almost becoming run-of-the-mill! We have … Continue reading →

We’re back in the field for an ‘extra’ season, the first time since 2008 that we have returned to open a trench that we have already excavated extensively. Each year we fully excavate the trenches that we open, and until … Continue reading →

We still have a week until the beginning of the (very very!) final bonus season of the Lyminge excavations, but we’re thrilled to be able to tide you over until then with the publication of our 2014 Interim Report! It … Continue reading →

I promised that there would be more than one blog post as I couldn’t fit all the exciting news from Lyminge Project HQ into one blog post! Some of you will already be aware of this news as we have … Continue reading →

It’s been a little quiet here recently on the Lyminge blog, mainly because the team have been hard at work organising a conference! As a result, there are lots of things that have been happening at Lyminge Project HQ to … Continue reading →