Dig Alderney

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Registered charity devoted to the #archaeology of the Channel Island of #Alderney. #RomanArchaeology #IronAge #Prehistory

Three people rolling a huge boulder in a trench during archaeological excavation.
A sketch of a standing stone with a height line on left and descriptive annotations on right.
Roman pot sherd scratched with a graffito VIv.
Four people working in two trenches in a field. Houses in the background.
A site of demolished buildings.
Knife holder showing Julius Caesar in white top with black trim and a red toga. Knives with black handles are sticking out of his back.
Drawing to scale of the wall of a Roman firt with a Roman soldier on the rampart.
Aerial shot of the Roman small fort of Alderney. The walls are roman stone construction with an 18th century English building inside it.
A person wearing a hat washing finds from an archaeological excavation. Standing at a table with a light blue washing up bowl.
Aerial view of Longis Bay
Iron Age stone roundhouse with burnt area of the hearth in the middle.
Man standing in trench recording tone structure. Other diggers in background. Wheelbarrows around the site.
A wooden box of mixed pottery sherds and bones.
Archaeologists working in a trench in a field.
Archaeological excavation - long rectangular trench with people standing around against the backdrop of Longis beach. In the far background right is the coast of Normandy.
Archaeologists in a trench in a field while two people stand to the left of the trench. In the foreground left of the trench are large stones.
Archaeologists working on an Iron Age site against the backdrop of Longis Bay, Alderney.
View of a field overlooking Longis Bay, Alderney.
Archaeological trench. Stones mark two rooms of a building with a digger in each room.
Text of post.
Partially revealed stone walls of a circular Iron Age structure in a test pit.
Ranging pole leaning against exposed stone block section of Roman wall.
The west corner of Room 2 viewed from the SW. The large block is probably displaced from the corner where it meets Room 1. The Ribble under the Victorian pipe probably fills a ruined doorway.