Blogs Heritage and Archaeology
Category: Recent archaeological finds
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Buckinghamshire's Local Heritage List
Our Local Heritage List Officer takes a brief look back over the creation of Buckinghamshire's Local Heritage List.
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Chalk Cherries and Chairs – Grim’s Ditch Geophysical Survey
The Chilterns National Landscape (a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) is a special landscape belonging to everyone, including all those who live, work or visit here and our future generations too.
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Excavations at Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire
In 2023 an archaeological excavation was carried out by Thames Valley Archaeological Services (TVAS) ahead of a new development of 45 residential units at Little Kimble on behalf of Cala Homes Ltd. This excavation revealed a wealth of finds and features from several time periods, the earliest feature being a …
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Rediscovering Oakley Ammunition Airfield
In July 2023, the Buckinghamshire Council Archaeology Service (BCAS) were contacted by Krysia Truscoe, Historic Environment Advisor for Forestry England (FE), in regards some archaeology in the north west of the county at Shabbington Wood, part of Bernwood Forest. Tucked away at the far end of the forest, next to …
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HS2 Excavations at Fleet Marston Roman town
As part of the archaeological excavations undertaken in Buckinghamshire in advance of the construction of HS2, a team of archaeologists spent over a year investigating the remains of Fleet Marston Roman town.
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Archaeological Works along the Southeast Aylesbury Link Road
Since March 2022, a team from CFA/AOC Archaeology have been present during groundworks being carried out in advance of construction of the Southeast Aylesbury Link Road. This team has ensured any archaeological remains encountered have been professionally excavated, recorded and analysed. In time, the results of the works will be …
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Amazing Roman busts found at Stoke Mandeville
Come and see them at Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury.
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