{"id":1143,"date":"2022-05-19T05:40:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T05:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yacsomerset.co.uk\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2022-05-19T05:40:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T05:40:19","slug":"archaeology-on-the-quantock-hills-7th-may-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yacsomerset.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/05\/19\/archaeology-on-the-quantock-hills-7th-may-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeology on the Quantock Hills – 7th May 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

For our May session the MAYANS explored some of the fascinating archaeological sites on the Quantock Hills.\u00a0 The session was run for us by Dan Broadbent and Jon Barrett from the Quantock Hills Landscape Partnership.\u00a0 We met Dan and Jon at Dead Woman\u2019s Ditch where Dan showed us some LiDAR images from a recent survey of the Hills.\u00a0 The LiDAR survey had revealed some new archaeological features and the MAYANS were off to find them!<\/p>\n

We set off down the road in the direction of Dowsborough hillfort, and then struck off into the undergrowth to try and find a circular anomaly that showed up on the LiDAR.\u00a0 After some searching around we managed to find it!\u00a0 A completely new and previously unidentified archaeological feature!\u00a0 The MAYANS stood in a circle to outline the structure which we discovered was made out of stones.<\/p>\n

We then set off to look at other anomalies on the LiDAR which Dan thought were charcoal pits.\u00a0 Sure enough we discovered these too and scraped back the undergrowth to reveal dark charcoal patches in the soil.<\/p>\n

After this we headed up to Dowsborough hillfort for lunch, and then Jon showed us how to grind up charcoal and add honey and water to make ink.\u00a0 We then split into small groups to design our own hillforts using the ink we had made with sharpened sticks to draw with!<\/p>\n

This was a fantastic session and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it!\u00a0 A big thank you to Dan and Jon for organising such a great day!<\/p>\n

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