Discover the past in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex
Special Event highlights:
- Excavations at the Roman town of Silchester
- Danebury Iron Age hillfort
- The research excavation of a large Neolithic town at the henge at Durrington Walls
- A guided tour highlighting new theories at Stonehenge
The counties of Wiltshire and Hampshire contain some of the finest visible remains of the Prehistoric, Roman and Medieval periods including the iconic sites of Stonehenge, Avebury, Danebury Iron Age hill fort, the Roman town of Silchester, the Roman villa at Littlecote and the magnificent Salisbury Cathedral.
Your hosts and guides on this wonderful weekend are archaeologists Bob Clarke and Mike Stone. Bob Clarke for the past ten years has worked as an archaeologist at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire, he has also written several books including the recently published 'Prehistoric Wiltshire: An Illustrated Guide'. Mike Stone has spent most of his archaeological career working in Wiltshire specialising in the Roman period, he is currently Vice-Chair of the Association for Roman Archaeology and spent some time working on the excavations at Littlecote.
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