For those of you who wish to see archaeology in action I have just been told that there is a dig taking place at Silchester this year during 17th Aug – 13th Sept. See attached flyer for information.
There is a public Open Day on Sunday 13th September or you can visit the site Monday – Friday between 10 am and 4.30pm.
WHO CAN VISIT AND WHAT IS THERE TO SEE?
Everyone is welcome! You can visit us Monday to Friday on either of the sites between
10am and 4.30pm. We are not open weekends except Sunday 13th September.
If you intend to come in a larger group please let us know in advance:
j.e.eaton@reading.ac.uk so we can welcome and accommodate everyone. Please be aware
that parking at Little Heath car park for Pond Farm is severely limited so do share a lift or
arrange drop offs there or at Little Cottages (marked on the adjacent site map). Access to
Pond Farm is on foot via permitted paths (shown on the map) by kind permission of the
Englefield Estate. It’s a pleasant and relatively easy, approx 10 minutes walk within Benyon’s
Enclosure up to the hillfort but may not be suitable for everyone. Cycling is not allowed.
For Silchester Insula III please park in the public car park and follow the footpath to the
Roman town and the excavation. For directions to Silchester Roman Town public car park
visit: reading.ac.uk/silchester
You will be able to see our archaeologists at work on both sites but there will also be finds
and environmental processing going on at Insula III. For safety reasons there will be strictly
no access to the trenches themselves but you will be able to see them being excavated.
There will also be a Public Open Day at the end of the dig at both excavations, on
Sunday Sept 13th 10-4.30pm.
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