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Uncategorized - Ipplepen Archaeological Project 2012 - Page 15

Interview by University of Exeter Student, Rachel Cox

Rachel provides an audio interview of her personal experience on site so far…

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Information Point at The Hub, Methodist Church, Ipplepen

The Portable Antiquities Scheme and the University of Exeter has set up an information point streaming live information from the excavation site at the Methodist Church in Ipplepen. The information point is open Monday to Friday 10am till 4pm to the public until 24th of August 2012. At the information point there […]

Rim sherd of Late Iron-Age/Romano-British pottery

Found by a local volunteer, Barry Quick.

Grid Planning on Site…

“Doing some planning drawing metre sections. Everybody’s inner artist coming out.”

Archaeologist Marc advises the students…

Archaeologist Marc talks to the students about the site’s progress and features.

Ipplepen Archaeological Project in collaboration with:

Excavations Summary for Week 1…

“We opened an area 25 m by 22.5 m on Monday morning. We proceeded to clean the entire area using a combination of Earthwatch volunteers and Exeter University students and members of the Local Ipplepen History Group. We are now planning the whole excavation area and will soon start excavating archaeological features.” By Marc, archaeologist.

Nick Sumner’s First Find…

Nick Sumner, an archaeology student at the University of Exeter discovers a pot sherd during excavations.

The Discovery Rewrites the History of Roman Britain…

Roman civilisation travelled further than history books tell us

A University of Exeter archaeologist’s research has uncovered the largest Roman settlement ever found in Devon.

The discovery could force us to rewrite the history of the Romans in Britain.

August 6th, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Roman pottery…

Clara, a volunteer from Virginia, USA, recently discovered a Roman pot. Clara tells us that

“this has been an exciting first experience in archaeology!”