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15th September 2003 You can now follow two archaeological excavation diaries on the Kennet website. The diaries are a collaboration between Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council's "Windows on Wiltshire's Heritage Project" which is funded by the New Opportunities Fund.
The first project called "The Negotiating Avebury Project" began on 1st September and will continue until the 28th September and is the final part of the five–year archaeological research project funded by the AHRB (The Arts and Humanities Research Board) aims to explore the monumental landscape around Avebury. Dr Mark Gillings (University of Leicester) Dr Josh Pollard (University of Newport) and Dr Dave Wheatley (University of Southampton) are directing the projects.
The second project “All Cannings Cross–Project” runs until 21st September and is titled "Landscapes of Consumption: All Cannings Cross and the Vale of Pewsey at the end of the Bronze Age".
This is the first season of fieldwork at a prehistoric site located just outside of Devizes in Wiltshire. Professor John Barrett of the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield and David McOmish of English Heritage jointly direct the project.
Visitors will be welcome to the site near Cannings Cross–Farm from 16th–18th September, while a series of public tours of the excavations will be arranged over the next few weeks. Details of these tours will be available soon from the web site. It is requested that the public do not visit the excavations without permission – see www.kennet.gov.uk for further details.
The diaries are just one of the exciting developments planned on the Kennet website in conjunction with the Window on Wiltshire’s Heritage Project.
Chris Franklin, Kennet’s webmaster, Helen Shalders of Wiltshire County Council and Melanie Pomeroy–Kellinger of Kennet District Council are working together on other exciting web initiatives designed to highlight Wiltshire’s Heritage in the Kennet area.
Log in to www.kennet.gov.uk to find out more, or visit www.wowheritage.org.uk and vote for your favourite aspect of Wiltshire’s Heritage.
Joan Gallagher from the Kennet web team who with Sarah Charlton put the site together said "It’s good that modern technology has allowed us to share important work about the excavations to a world wide audience. We even had feedback from a lady in USA who was excited by the prospect of being able to read regular updates and see photos of the digs.” |
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