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Which are the most impressive long-term research excavations carried out in this country in recent years? The highlights of this issue are two of the best examples. Both are the work of farmer-archaeologists, digging on their own farms, their work carried out within a few hundred yards of their front doors.<\/p>\n

Martin Green at Down Farm lives in the middle of Cranborne Chase: the<\/p>\n

Dorset Cursus, the great Neolithic monument that runs ten miles across country runs right through the middle of his farm. Sixyears ago in Current<\/p>\n

Archaeology 138, he described his early work. Since then, he has made some even more spectacular discoveries…<\/p>\n

It was forty years ago that Eddie Price first began investigating the Roman remains in the field opposite his home at Frocester Court. He came down immediately onto a Roman mosaic and realised that there was a Roman villa there. He has been discovering ever since that the villa was only a small part of the story. He has commissioned a fine set of drawings of the various phases which form the highlights of this fascinating account.<\/p>\n

A rather different research project has been the investigation of Langstone<\/p>\n

Harbour. Langstone Harbour is perhaps the least known of the three great inlets on the south coast, nestling between Portsmouth Harbour and<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chichester Harbour. However, it is very shallow and at low tide shows extensive mud flats. But when did it become a harbour? Mike Alien describes what has been discovered.<\/p>\n

How do you kill a witch? The answer is to prepare a witch bottle, and witch bottles were often buried in the 17th century to ward off the attacks of a witch –<\/p>\n

but what did they contain? Alan Massey has been using a range of techniques to investigate the interesting contents.<\/p>\n

Finally, yet another long term research project, this time Peter Halkon’s research into the Humberside wetlands around Foulness- when did they dry out? In the process he has discovered one of the largest Iron Age slag heaps yet found in this country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this issue:
\n– Down Farm: neolithic ritual sites
\n– Frocester: Roman Villa
\n– Foulness: Iron Working
\n– Langstone Harbour
\n– Reigate Witch Bottle
\nPlus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and 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