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Archaeologist. (Senior Archaeologist @MOD_DIO) all views my own
Apr 11, 2020 28 tweets 17 min read
Welcome to the 4th and final day of Salisbury Plain tour. We’ll see some highlights but please do tweet your own photos, drawings, films, links and objects that this prompts gov.uk/government/pub…
#SPTAarchaeology Today we are on the East of the Plain – perhaps with the most access and certainly some of the richest Archaeology many of the projects are Op Nightingale works – so check out their open Facebook page #SPTAarchaeology
Apr 10, 2020 49 tweets 28 min read
Welcome back to day 3 of the tour of Salisbury Plain. I have been an archaeologist on Salisbury Plain for over 15 years now. We’ll see some highlights but please tweet your own photos, drawings, films, links and objects that this prompts gov.uk/government/pub…
#SPTAarchaeology Today we are on the East of the Plain – perhaps with the most access and certainly some of the richest Archaeology so (as you voted!) it’s over 2 days!!. Many of the projects are Op Nightingale works – so check out their open Facebook page #SPTAarchaeology
Apr 9, 2020 60 tweets 36 min read
Welcome back to day two of the tour of Salisbury Plain. I have been an archaeologist for MOD on Salisbury Plain for over 15 years now. We’ll see some highlights but please do tweet your own photos, drawings, films, links and objects that this prompts #SPTAarchaeology Today we are on the Centre of the Plain – Complete with Artillery impact area and World Heritage site (though the stones aren’t ours!). These were some of the 1st purchases thus on the 1906 map. There are Boer War trenches here and the maps also note archaeology #SPTAarchaeology
Apr 8, 2020 76 tweets 37 min read
Good Morning – I’ll be your guide today on this tour. I have been an archaeologist for MOD on Salisbury Plain for over 15 years now. We’ll see some highlights but please do tweet your own photos, drawings, films, links and objects that this prompts #SPTAarchaeology MOD has owned parts of the Plain since 1897 – and this is the reason for its preservation; no deep ploughing, fewer houses and road schemes. This satellite image demonstrates the case with the lack of fields and development #SPTAarchaeology