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Notice of AGM 2021
The Poulton Research Project The Trustees of the Poulton Research Project do hereby give notice of our Annual General Meeting which will take place on Thursday February 18th 2021 at 19:00 . Due to the current Covid restrictions the meeting will take place via zoom. If...
Investigating Burials
During the 2018 season the Poulton student field school continued to investigate the burials of a medieval farming community interred within the Chapel graveyard. We uncovered multiple skeletons buried in the classic Christian manner, with the head placed at the west...
Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society
Contents of the Journal Obituaries 1. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster KG, CB, CVO, OBE,TD, CD, DL 2. Dr Alistair (Sandy) Campbell JP Book reviews 1: Rowan Patel The windmills and watermills o f Wirral: a historical survey - Roy Coppack 2: Susan...
Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society
Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society Volum e 86 for 2016 Papers relating to the Architecture, Archaeology and History of the County, City and Neighbourhood of Chester Edited by PETER CARRINGTON with Janet Axworthy, Dan Garner and Alan Williams Chester 2017 To...
The latter years of Poulton Chapel
Those who have been to Poulton will know that Poulton Chapel became home to Sir William Brereton's troops during the English Civil War when they were billeted at the Chapel. It would not have been used by the local population during this time and it's likely that a...
Nature at Poulton
Whilst walking through the maize stubble on my way to site today I came across this Lapwings nest . As you can see it contains a clutch of 4 eggs. We'll have to be careful where we put our feet, it probably wont be the only one.
Osteology Update
Meet Rea who will be assisting us at Poulton this summer. She is seen here recording the mortal remains of a 35 - 40 year old (estimated) female in the grave at her feet. She is a very talented young lady and the students will benefit hugely from her skill and...
Swiss Army Knife vs. Stone Age Flint
Here we have a piece of Mesolithic flint 10,000 - 4,000 BC, worked by one of our ancestors to assist him with his daily life.Also pictured is my Swiss Army pocket knife, which assists me when I'm out on site. There's no comparison we might think, how could there be ?...
End of season summary 2015
SUMMARY REPORT OF THE 2015 EXCAVATIONS AT THE POULTON RESEARCH PROJECT, CHESHIRE The objectives of the 2015 student training season were to continue and where possible complete excavations on the two trenches from the previous year. The extant archaeology comprised...
Finds from the Roman ditch system.
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