Old Sarum in the news

Detail of the results of the magnetometry from the Outer Bailey - Kris Strutt — Detail of the results of the magnetometry from the Outer Bailey – Kris Strutt (click to visit blog post)

This morning Kris Strutt from Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton spoke on the BBC Today programme about his work at Old Sarum. You can listen to Kris Strutt on the BBC Today programme being interviewed by Sarah Montague this morning and read his reflections on the day on his blog.

Kris Strutt being interviewed at Old Sarum (Amy Hulyer, English Heritage)

The piece features in a BBC News Article entitled “Old Sarum archaeologists reveal plan of medieval city“. Our Undergraduate archaeology students worked extremely hard on site to produce a fascinating insight into the likely urban plan of the site.

Krist Strutt - one of the videos from the Archaeology of Portus free course — Screenshot from one of the videos from the Archaeology of Portus free course, in which Kris Strutt features

You can learn more about Kris and his work via his WordPress Blog, including a specific post relating to this survey of Old Sarum. You can also learn much more about geophysics from him and his colleagues on our free online FutureLearn course which starts on 26th January 2015: Archaeology of Portus: Exploring the Lost Harbour of Ancient Rome.

You can read the full press release about Old Sarum on the University of Southampton News site.

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