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'In a sensational three days, an ancient site yields burials dating back to 2000BC, along with rare Saxon brooches, beads, spears and jewellery.

In the middle of the army training ground on Salisbury Plain, just a mile from Stonehenge, is the extraordinary Barrow Clump.

It's a huge mound of earth built by Bronze Age people to bury their dead. More than 2500 years later, the Anglo-Saxons re-used Barrow Clump, burying their dead with staggering artefacts. But it's now being destroyed by badgers.

At the dig site, Tony and the Team join soldiers from Operation Nightingale, who are being trained in archaeology as part of their rehabilitation after being wounded or traumatised in Afghanistan.

Working alongside these soldiers is a moving and thought-provoking experience, as modern-day warriors respectfully uncover the remains of their ancient predecessors.

As the finds pile up, pottery dates the earliest burial to around 2100 BC - much the same time as when the big stones went up at nearby Stonehenge.

And the Saxon finds speak of a relatively wealthy, cosmopolitan people living in the area in the sixth century'


Sounds good?

Thanks Carl.

I will look forward to it..

sounds like the very early ( and best ) Time Team when rescue archaeology was the reasons for the digs .

CARL wrote:
'In a sensational three days, an ancient site yields burials dating back to 2000BC, along with rare Saxon brooches, beads, spears and jewellery.

In the middle of the army training ground on Salisbury Plain, just a mile from Stonehenge, is the extraordinary Barrow Clump.

It's a huge mound of earth built by Bronze Age people to bury their dead. More than 2500 years later, the Anglo-Saxons re-used Barrow Clump, burying their dead with staggering artefacts. But it's now being destroyed by badgers.

At the dig site, Tony and the Team join soldiers from Operation Nightingale, who are being trained in archaeology as part of their rehabilitation after being wounded or traumatised in Afghanistan.

Working alongside these soldiers is a moving and thought-provoking experience, as modern-day warriors respectfully uncover the remains of their ancient predecessors.

As the finds pile up, pottery dates the earliest burial to around 2100 BC - much the same time as when the big stones went up at nearby Stonehenge.

And the Saxon finds speak of a relatively wealthy, cosmopolitan people living in the area in the sixth century'


Sounds good?

It ain't live, it's all under snow!

Bump

http://pryorfrancis.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/media-luvvies-are-so-sad/

Well said Francis!

Quite enjoyed the show. Good Anglo Saxon although I was hoping for more Bronze Age. It was a shame to see so many young lives shattered by war - at least some of them seem to be on the road to some sort of recovery. It was great to see that an interest in 'old stones' was helping in this process.

When talking about the burials they had previously discovered on site they mentioned a ditch burial or two. Burials in ditches seem to crop up quite regularly don't they, what is the thinking behind this practice anybody know?