Marden Henge excavation

[BAJR]

The Marden Henge excavation in Wiltshire is now up and running! Follow the team's progress on Twitter. :face-approve:

http://twitter.com/EHArchaeology

Read more about the site here:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/research/landscapes-and-areas/national-mapping-programme/marden-henge-nmp/

And listen to it on local radio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008gjmq/Matthew_Smith_Mon_28th_June_Marden_Henge._Deaf_Awa reness_Week./

Marden Henge, the largest henge enclosure in Britain, is situated within the Vale of Pewsey between the World Heritage Sites of Avebury and Stonehenge. Antiquarian accounts of the site describe a huge mound within the enclosure called Hatfield Barrow, which collapsed after excavation in the early 19th century. The henge and surrounding area are being investigated through aerial, geophysical, and field survey.

[Pondlife]

Hi all - just finished a page about the Marden dig if anyone would like a look - it's got a movie and everything. - http://www.digitaldigging.co.uk/features/marden-henge/marden-henge-hatfield-enclosure-hatfield-barrow-archaeology.html

[BAJR]

Thanks for that... I do like a bit of digital digging to see what can be done! That vid was useful by putting into context the site and surround features. I could not work it out before!

Other news just in: the Site is on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/englishheritage/sets/72157624273798663/

and this quote

Posted today's photographs from #mardenhenge onto the projects Flickr page. Note that these poor archaeologists were working in temperatures touching 30 C - way too hot for this sort of thing. Nice archaeology though, especially in Trenches C and D where they appear to have found a small henge inside the huge henge enclosure. That's just greedy.