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Hello, we're the Durotriges Project 👋

If you're here for updates on prehistoric Dorset, archaeology info or just to look at pictures of Iron Age / Roman artefacts, we hope you'll find something of interest

#Durotriges25

⚠️ warning: may contain random references to #DoctorWho and #HypocaustGate
A complete Late Iron Age Black Burnished Ware pot from the #Durotriges24 excavation
November 16, 2024 at 6:05 AM
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Two baked clay spindlewhorls and a fossil sea urchin (echinoid) found together at the base of an Iron Age storage pit during #Durotriges24

📷 July 2024

What will we find at #Durotriges25?

Stay tuned..

#FindsFriday #FossilFriday #FridayFinds #Archaeology #Dorset
A fossil sea urchin (bottom left) and two Iron Age spindlewhorls made of baked clay, found at the base of a prehistoric storage pit at Winterborne kingston in 2024. Modern photo scale in centimetres
May 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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For those who asked how the #Durotriges25 dig compares with last year's trench:

Here's a rough merging of #Durotriges24 from a drone photo (top) with the current trench (bottom)

There are many (many) Iron Age ditches and pits 😍

With thanks to Harry Manley and Nick Crabb for this image
A merging of two vertical aerial drone photographs of archaeological trenches cut into green fields exposing white chalk geology and dark brown soil-filled prehistoric ditches, pits and other features
June 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM