06-05-2022, 03:26 PM
(06-05-2022, 10:31 AM)John1 Wrote: "In terms of the battle finds, if you haven't done so, I suggest looking at Burnswick and Kalkriese" That has to be tempered with looking at Hastings where we know the battlefield location but finds are entirely absent. That is, I think, the biggest challenge this quest faces, absence of finds and depths of soil horizons in the valley bottoms of any putative sites. At CS we were at the limit of detector depth and getting 15th century material due to the soil development at the base of steep slopes that had been forested for centuries before clearance.
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Charlotte Walker(HER) has some aerial photographs showing several large areas of darkened soil in the valley floor ,possible mass cremation sites.This won't need a metal detector!
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"This is really quite exciting, we haven't seen anything like this before, and at least you've found something!(gentle laughter)."
The ditches have already been recorded along with some other structures and features.
As for the professor, he is behind the times and needs to get with it a bit.
Ian
