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Basing House Survey Week 1 Day Three – Traversing the Old House Ringwork and Tops and Toes

Reblogged from Kristian Strutt: The third day of archaeological survey at Basing House is over, and the survey teams are really getting in to the swing of things. The two minibuses arrived at 9.20am, driving from sunny Southampton into mist and freezing temperatures around Basingstoke, ready for another exciting day at the site. Continue reading →

Spring Survey Week One – Day One

This week 25 students and 8 staff are working at Basing House to carry out a topographic survey of the entire earthworks complex, and a building survey of the Old House and the Great Barn. Undergraduate Archaeology students have been hard at work, learning how to use total stations for surveying. We’re on site all week (the rain will not put us off), so do come and visit. The site is open to the public Saturday to Thursday (closed Friday). Continue reading →

Preparing for the Spring Survey

This week some of the staff from the surveying modules for undergraduate Archaeology students visited Basing House to set out the grid for the planned survey work. As the site is so large, we spent some time working out where to put our pegs so that all of the teams of students would be able to set up total stations and carry out a topographic or building survey across the extensive site. The weather was beautiful (I even think I caught the sun a little bit). Continue reading →