{"id":13982,"date":"2026-06-18T07:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/?p=13982"},"modified":"2026-06-18T07:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:54:25","slug":"wickham-house-2026-day-33-blog-17th-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/wickham-house-2026-day-33-blog-17th-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Wickham House 2026 \u2013 Day #33 Blog (17th June)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Part of a series of bulletins from the BAS excavations at Wickham House<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow the project on our YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attendees:<\/strong> Mike, Martin, John H, Carrollanne, Debbie S, Phil C, Alessa, James P, Eric, Rod, Nigel B, Tony, Gill, Andrew R and Keith <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The focus in the four trenches opened this season is now on completing the recording of context sheets, plans and sections etc before the end of the season. This frees up resources to undertake a speculative test pitting survey of anomalies identified during the geophys survey to characterise them using 1m x 1m test pits with \u201cspits\u201d of 0.2m depth. Rod and Nigel B got this phase of the project underway with \u201ctest pit #1\u201d in the southeast of the pasture on the north side of the Roman road, and soon revealed a horizon of Romano-British pottery and CBM suggesting that further investigation in future seasons may be required.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Figure 1. Rod and Nigel B excavating \u201cTest Pit #1\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In Trench 15 Tony and Martin continue to explore the chronological relationship between the road and lane, with early indications suggesting that they were constructed at the same time. Excavation will continue into the \u201cnatural\u201d to confirm this diagnosis\u2026 Elsewhere in Trench 15 work continued to complete excavation of the road and lane ditches and plan the surfaces revealed infront of Building #3, although extant features of the south end of this building remain elusive.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Figure 2. Tony and Martin continuing to explore the chronological relationship between the road and the lane<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Figure 3. Phil C and Carrollanne excavating and planning in Trench 15<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Figure 4. Debbie S and James P recording the latest surfaces revealed at the north end of Trench 15<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In Trench 16 Eric and Alessa were focusing on recording features thought to represent at least two other structures to the east of the corn drier. Slots were excavated to reveal sections, and plans\/context sheets will be completed tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Figure 5. Eric and Alessa recording features in Trench 16<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In Trench 18 work continued to extend the trench to the north, which revealed a further deposit of large flints\/sarsens that may represent the southern ditch of the Roman road. Once recorded this will be excavated and recorded in section.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Figure 6. Andrew, John H and Mike extending Trench 18 to the north<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part of a series of bulletins from the BAS excavations at Wickham House Follow the project on our YouTube channel Attendees: Mike, Martin, John H, Carrollanne, Debbie S, Phil C, Alessa, James P, Eric, Rod, Nigel B, Tony, Gill, Andrew R and Keith  The focus in the four trenches opened this season is now on completing the … Continue reading Wickham House 2026 \u2013 Day #33 Blog (17th June)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upcoming-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13982"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13993,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13982\/revisions\/13993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}