Cate Davies

We’re back in action at Trench 1 and on a mission to extend the area, so we can safely excavate to a depth of 2m to reach the horizon of Roman archaeology. As the picture shows, the weather has decided to play tricks on us, and the team are working hard in very challenging conditions.

At the bottom of the picture is the continuation of a medieval wall, with evidence of some masonry being stolen. We suspect they used it in the construction of other buildings nearby, like a good old-fashioned medieval recycling programme!

It’s getting exciting at our Central Winchester Regeneration site!

Our team is hard at work in Trench 3, tackling the challenging task of excavating through thick layers of alluvial deposits to unveil the hidden medieval archaeology beneath!

Our volunteering days at the Central Winchester Regeneration site are proving very popular! 

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Sanjay (second from front) shared his positive and insightful experience on social media:

Having watched Time Team for years, I decided to do a day of volunteering yesterday Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited in Winchester. Three learnings.

🏆 Something I had never done before. Had the usual fears that someone else would do it better. That was bollocks.

😌 Cleaning animal bones is very therapeutic. Pigs teeth are scary.

🏠 Amazing to touch the very things people were eating, making and burning in the medieval age, just yards from our house. Humble lives in what is now a very expensive place.

Tony Robinson here I come

#learning #calm #focus #nofear

Sanjay Murthy

There are still a few places left if you’d like to help us piece together the past; book your place here: