3,000-year-old Bronze Age wooden tool found near Poole
Archaeologists discovered the near-complete wooden spade dating back to the Bronze Age while excavating The Moors at Arne.
Archaeologists discovered the near-complete wooden spade dating back to the Bronze Age while excavating The Moors at Arne.
The site, which is under the garden of Max Gate in Dorchester, could be one of the earliest identified archaeological sites in the county town.
Bournemouth University archaeologists have recovered two marble slabs that have been lost for nearly 800 years.
Ukrainian archaeologist Dr Sergiy Taranenko has become a Visiting Research Fellow in Bournemouth University’s Department of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Ahead of redevelopment of the Weymouth Bowl site, a dig is to take place at the end of April which could reveal medieval finds.
Well-known archaeologist Julian Richards of ‘Meet the Ancestors’ is visiting the Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne on Saturday 14 August from 11am to 3.30pm.
This free presentation on Wednesday 26 May will keep viewers up to date on important archaeological discoveries in Dorset.
Known as round barrows, they were covered with thick vegetation which took experts and volunteers five days to uncover.