Save Our Stonehenge

The scheme by Highways England to relieve the congestion on the A303 by placing a tunnel through the World Hertiage Site landscape past Stonehenge, has been met with huge criticism from Archaeologists, local people and even UNESCO. Despite these criticisms the scheme keeps ploughing on, and eventually will be plouging through important archaeology in its … Read more

A Mesolithic Christmas

We all know that it’s Christmas every day when you’re digging at Blick Mead; seeing those flint blades being unwrapped from their muddy wrappings can feel like Christmas morning. But what about those Mesolithic inhabitants of the site, what would they have been up to for Christmas 10,000 years ago. Well, with 8,000 years to … Read more

TED Talk on Blick Mead

Harriet Guinn Jennings talks here about Blick Mead and the local community (both the Mesolithic and modern community), Harriet is one of the students this year studying for her Masters in Archaeology with the University of Buckingham, and she is heavily involved in the Blick Mead dig. This video is a passionate insightful look into … Read more

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close