We are very excited to welcome Worthing Archaeological Society (WAS) who will be undertaking an excavation at Bignor Roman villa this summer.
The dig will take place outside of the scheduled area on the following dates during normal opening hours.
General public are welcome to come and observe.
The dig will take place outside of the scheduled area on the following dates during normal opening hours.
General public are welcome to come and observe.
10th June 2022 - Resistivity Survey
2nd July 2022 - Start of the Dig
3rd July 2022 - Day Two
Alan with his Jedi Master (aka John Mills) Straight-sided Chris in the Southerly trench, and Flinty Folk at the top. Sid's sondage, and Finds Folk plus Detectorists
9th July 2022 - Day Three
What a great turnout on a beautiful day. Plenty of digging & Sid's team may have unearthed a great find. Will keep you posted in tomorrow's update
10th July - Day Four
Another extremely hot day. Find of the day by Sid & Alan with a broken Roman pot. Keith was entertaining the visitors with his wit & knowledge!
23 July
A very busy day on site, new trenches B & C opened up, lots of visitors, a lovely tegula and some more nice pottery.
24 July
Another busy day - windy too.
Photographs from subsequent days , together with the photos here can be found on the Discoveries/Digs_History/Bignor_Roman_Villa page.