New project.

The Dovecote at Parham is an interesting building, dating to the early 18th century, but it is thought that there was a much early dovecote on the site. The research and recording program will it is hoped review its long history.
Photo shows inside the dovecote, which shows the nesting boxes, at present the roof is being held up , over the next year a grant will be applied for to fully restore the building.

Progress.

The next planned work at Parham will start in early October, there is alto of planned winter work, including the recording of the Dove cote.
Other work will include further excavation work around the area of the Ha Ha, this work will be undertaken over the early Autumn and weather permitting throughout the winter months.

The other work that needs to be undertaken is further research work, this needs to be undertaken at the records office and other places where records may be kept, .

So plenty of work.

The research work needs to be coordinated, so will be getting a team together to undertake this work .

New name.

You may notice that i have changed the name of this group, the reason being that it has become very evident that Parham estate is a multi period site, covering all the periods of archeology.

To understand the history of the estate investigation must cover all areas, in very recent trail excavation trenches, around the church area, pottery has turned up from Iron Age to Roman, Medieval, Tudor and later.

More results and an interim report will appear within a short period of time, and will be published on line at our journal online, web site, http://arch-news.blogspot.com, meanwhile later excavation progress reports will appear at p://w-a-s-excavation-diary.blogspot.com. More history of the estate will be added here as and when any new information is available.

Update

Geophysics results to date, more information will be posted soon.

Double click on photo to enlarge,interpretation of images will be
posted very soon.

Excavation at Parham.

There will be an excavation at Parham over the weekend of 24th/26th May, trail trenches will be put across interesting features which the geophysics have shown up.

Full information will be posted here over the next few days, do have a look at the new photos and drawings of the estate over the years, link at the side.

Village around a church.

This is an example of a medieval village around a church, .

Geophysics survey.

We are about to start the geophysics survey of the area around the church, this area is the most promising location for the village. The results of the survey may not be conclusive due to the geology of the area, being sandstone, renowned for giving mixed results.
The survey will be undertaken over the next six weeks.