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Old Sarum Landscapes Project 

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Wessex coarseware jug

Wessex coarseware jug

Unglazed; strap handle and thumbed base; conjoining sherds making up whole profile (305) Type 4 coarseware jars (later 12th to early 13th) were found in bank/terrace (306) Image: Kind permission of Alex Langlands June 2021 Salisbury Museum talk

Archaeologists

Archaeologists

Dom Barker (L) & Kris Strutt from University of Southampton

Archaeologist Alex Langlands

Archaeologist Alex Langlands

July 2017 Alex Langlands with 12c (?) pitcher

Visitors from Salisbury Museum

Visitors from Salisbury Museum

July 2017, Adrian Green (R) Director of Salisbury Museum with Owain Hughes Outreach Learning Officer (Centre)and Alex Langlands

July 2017 - whetstone

July 2017 - whetstone

July 2017 - Whetstone. Image Visit Wiltshire

horse pendant

horse pendant

July 2017 pendant from a horse bridle

July 2017 - a metal pin

July 2017 - a metal pin

July 2017 - a metal pin. Image Visit Wiltshire

July 2017

July 2017

July 2017 animal bones

July 2018 Bronze coin

July 2018 Bronze coin

July 2018 - bronze coin, possibly late-roman

finds tray

finds tray

July 2017 - pottery finds after washing

July 2017 - pottery find

July 2017 - pottery find

July 2017. pottery find. Image Visit Wiltshire

July 2018 Roman coin

July 2018 Roman coin

July 2018 Roman coin found by Alix, one of the volunteers, using a metal detector

July 2018

July 2018

July 2018 - Finds awaiting sorting and washing

WW2 debris

WW2 debris

July 2017. WW2 debris.

Jim, local volunteer

Jim, local volunteer

April 2017 geophys

July 2018

July 2018

July 2018 - volunteer Jim Platt (left) with Alex Langlands

Jim & Rosemary, local volunteers

Jim & Rosemary, local volunteers

April 2017 geophys

Rosemary, local volunteer

Rosemary, local volunteer

July 2017 - using a mattock to remove upper layer where finds were not expected

July 2018

July 2018

July 2018. Alex Langlands and student.

Alix, Local volunteer

Alix, Local volunteer

detectorist checked over the spoil heaps in search of any metal

July 2018

July 2018

working through a mini-heatwave in a parched field

July 2018 using GPS

July 2018 using GPS

setting up the grid boundaries

Twitter Post

Twitter Post

The team updated Twitter on an almost daily basis with news of finds.

Tweet 10 July 2018

Tweet 10 July 2018

Fast way to inform the team about the day's finds

More finds

More finds

July 2018 tweet

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