HILL 80 DIG DIARY: 24 APRIL They say that all paths lead to Rome – We are not too sure about that statement but we are pretty confident that most trenches on Hill80 seem to lead to the mill building. A highly interesting discovery that...
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HILL 80 DIG DIARY: 20 APRIL Today we continued to follow the course of the enormous “Schweinlesteig” with its many traverses while later we discovered the water pond that once supplied the steam powered mill – it seems to be...
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HILL 80 DIG DIARY : 19 APRIL A day of fantastic progress and more great discoveries has passed. Highlights being the discovery of number of precisely datable objects that link directly into the fighting for the possession for the hill in the...
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THE HILL 80 DIG DIARY 3 APRIL 2018 The Easter Holidays are over and in less than two weeks the archaeological excavation of Höhe/Hill 80 will finally begin. Until then preparations behind the scenes are still running at full steam and...
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An Army buried in a field : Archaeology and Folklore Archaeologists use multiple lines of evidence to understand past societies and conflicts – of which artefacts and relics form just a part. Another important source of information drawn upon is...
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HILL 80 FINDS EXPLAINED: I. GERMAN 7,92×57 RIFLE CARTRIDGES During the test excavations in 2015 a number of objects were found. In the ‘finds explained’ series we will take a closer look at a number of those objects and at their history. In...
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