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Excavations at Undy's Farm, 1988-89 showing post holes and hearth, at what was a probable Bronze Age ceremonial site. — undys_02
Excavations at Undy's Farm, 1988-89 showing post holes and hearth, at what was a probable Bronze Age ceremonial site.

Excavations at Undy's Farm, 1988-89 showing post holes and hearth, at what was a probable Bronze Age ceremonial site.

A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c25-50 AD, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2735
A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c25-50 AD, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c25-50 AD, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c25-50 AD, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2738
A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c25-50 AD, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c25-50 AD, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c50-25 BC, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2736
A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c50-25 BC, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c50-25 BC, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c50-25 BC, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2739
A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c50-25 BC, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A reconstructed Iron Age pot, c50-25 BC, found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

froom img_2737

Neolithic Axe (c4,000-1,500 BC) found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2740
Neolithic Axe (c4,000-1,500 BC) found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Neolithic Axe (c4,000-1,500 BC) found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Neolithic Axe (c4,000-1,500 BC) found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2741
Neolithic Axe (c4,000-1,500 BC) found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Neolithic Axe (c4,000-1,500 BC) found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Neolithic Axe (c4,000-1,500 BC) found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2742
Neolithic Axe (c4,000-1,500 BC) found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Neolithic Axe (c4,000-1,500 BC) found by Roy Froom when he excavated a site just east of St Saviour's Church in the 1950s. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A worked flint from the Late Glacial (Paleolithic) Period (&gt;10,000 BC), found by Roy Froom in the spoil heap of a preliminary dig at Undy's Farm 1989, prior to the main archaelological investigation of 1989. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2743
A worked flint from the Late Glacial (Paleolithic) Period (>10,000 BC), found by Roy Froom in the spoil heap of a preliminary dig at Undy's Farm 1989, prior to the main archaelological investigation of 1989. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A worked flint from the Late Glacial (Paleolithic) Period (>10,000 BC), found by Roy Froom in the spoil heap of a preliminary dig at Undy's Farm 1989, prior to the main archaelological investigation of 1989. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A worked flint from the Late Glacial (Paleolithic) Period (&gt;10,000 BC), found by Roy Froom in a spoil heap of a preliminary dig at Undy's Farm 1989, prior to the main archaelological investigation of 1989. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2744
A worked flint from the Late Glacial (Paleolithic) Period (>10,000 BC), found by Roy Froom in a spoil heap of a preliminary dig at Undy's Farm 1989, prior to the main archaelological investigation of 1989. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A worked flint from the Late Glacial (Paleolithic) Period (>10,000 BC), found by Roy Froom in a spoil heap of a preliminary dig at Undy's Farm 1989, prior to the main archaelological investigation of 1989. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A worked flint, found by Roy Froom near the electricity sub-station west of Kintbury (Av VI 1964) in 1964. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2745
A worked flint, found by Roy Froom near the electricity sub-station west of Kintbury (Av VI 1964) in 1964. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A worked flint, found by Roy Froom near the electricity sub-station west of Kintbury (Av VI 1964) in 1964. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A worked flint, found by Roy Froom near the electricity sub-station west of Kintbury (Av VI 1964) in 1964. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2746
A worked flint, found by Roy Froom near the electricity sub-station west of Kintbury (Av VI 1964) in 1964. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

A worked flint, found by Roy Froom near the electricity sub-station west of Kintbury (Av VI 1964) in 1964. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Broken tip of ?spear, ?Neolithic or Bronze Age?, found by Roy Froom at Hungerford Park. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2747
Broken tip of ?spear, ?Neolithic or Bronze Age?, found by Roy Froom at Hungerford Park. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Broken tip of ?spear, ?Neolithic or Bronze Age?, found by Roy Froom at Hungerford Park. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Broken tip of ?spear, ?Neolithic or Bronze Age?, found by Roy Froom at Hungerford Park. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2748
Broken tip of ?spear, ?Neolithic or Bronze Age?, found by Roy Froom at Hungerford Park. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Broken tip of ?spear, ?Neolithic or Bronze Age?, found by Roy Froom at Hungerford Park. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (&gt;100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 16 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2749
Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (>100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 16 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (>100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 16 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (&gt;100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 16 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2750
Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (>100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 16 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (>100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 16 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (&gt;100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 29 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2751
Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (>100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 29 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (>100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 29 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (&gt;100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 29 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2752
Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (>100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 29 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

Worked flint, thought to be early Paleolithic (>100,000 years BC), found by Roy Froom at the dig 29 Aug 1964 before Macklin Close was built. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

An early Levallois worked flint, possibly Paleolithic (&gt;100,000 BC) found by Roy Froom in the disused gravel pit near Folly Farm, Eddington Hill c1950. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016) — froom img_2753
An early Levallois worked flint, possibly Paleolithic (>100,000 BC) found by Roy Froom in the disused gravel pit near Folly Farm, Eddington Hill c1950. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

An early Levallois worked flint, possibly Paleolithic (>100,000 BC) found by Roy Froom in the disused gravel pit near Folly Farm, Eddington Hill c1950. (With thanks to Roy Froom, Jun 2016)

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