#BronzeAge barrows, #medieval homes, and a Georgian road the gentry didn’t want to have to look at 👀 #OCAArchTeam have uncovered 3,000 years of #Suffolk history at 'Two Village Bypass'!

🔗 oxfordcotswoldarchaeology.org.uk/site/tvb/

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All set up and ready to show off some finds from our excavations at SZC. Come see us in the SZC tent in the blue zone at the Suffolk show 🪏

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If you're in the #Cirencester area tonight, don't forget that Kinga is talking all things #A417 to Cirencester History Society. All are welcome (£3 for visitors), at Ashcroft Church at 7.30pm: maps.app.goo.gl/R5xck1vwyZ9B...
#Archaeology #Cotswolds #Gloucestershire #History

Judging by its type, our brooch was probably imported from the Continent, not made in Britain, and would've provided function with flair – used both for fastening garments and as a decorative item for the keen to impress, conveying its owner's social status and personal identity. #Roman #Archaeology

👀 Rory's looking just a liiiittle bit smug, as he's recovered this #Roman copper-alloy plate brooch while metal-detecting ahead of excavation. With both inlaid enamel decoration, and gilding on the centre, it's an elegant Romano-British find that likely dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD... (more)

(3/3) And today, maybe remember the real-life #DadsArmy for their courage, ingenuity, and determination in a time of war 🕊 You can read more about them, and the site, here: oxfordcotswoldarchaeology.org.uk/news/remnant...

#VEDay80thAnniversary #VEDay #Archaeology #History #OCAarchTeam #LestWeForget

(1/3) 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁... 🕊
𝗔𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝟴𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 #𝗩𝗘𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗪𝗪𝗜𝗜 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 #𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 – 1.5 million people trained in guerrilla tactics, nightly patrols, and manning anti-aircraft positions, in case #WWII in Europe ever reached Britain's home shores...

...The site also revealed pottery placed with deliberate care, and burials, including one of a woman aged 40–44 (dating AD 226–336), with hobnails hinting at the footwear she may have worn in life. You can read more, here: cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/roman-limeki... #Archaeology #CASiteTeam (2/2)

(1/2) 🏺🔥 We've uncovered this stonking great 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗻 in 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 – meticulously built from stone blocks, beautifully preserved, and really quite rare!...
#Roman #Archaeology #CASiteTeam #Gloucester @andyrpglevum.bsky.social @museumofgloucester.bsky.social

Love #𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀, the #𝗜𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗔𝗴𝗲 and a bit of World War #𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆? We've a treat for you! Beneath RAF Wroughton’s runways #CASiteTeam found 𝗽𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 and 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀, and the 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 is #𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 to download 🤩
👉 tinyurl.com/5bpphh79 #CAPublications #Wiltshire #CAArchTeam #Archaeology