East Dorset Antiquarian Society

Worth Matravers Excavation 2007

A selection of photos from the excavation in August

Possible well?Or a storage pit?Storage pit
sectioned
Storage pit part
excavated
Storage pit
fully excavated
Detail of stones
at bottom
Cow skullDog skullBones in
storage pit
Arrow 
Female burialFurther detailsMore revealedRight pelvisFemur ball joint

In 1991 Southampton University excavated a Romano-British barn, grain drier and stone-walled round house close to where the storage pit was found. For more details click here to visit their web site.

© EDAS 2007