The Valley of Stones is a natural, geological sarsen train (line of stones) but the landscape has been used by people throughout history....

This is our press release for our new project- For more information and to book for events please read the project and events pages...

It just gets better: a polished stone axe head! Something that we have kept under our hats until now is a discovery that we made when we...

Following on from yesterday’s outline of our planned methodological approach… We had a good plan but, of course, archaeology rarely gives...

Once we had found the polissoir, and gotten over our excitement, we had to come up with a strategy for what to do next. What could this...

Working with our wonderful, but also hardy volunteers, we have been searching the landscape around Tenants Hill for sarsen stones. The...

We’ve found one! We’ve hit the jackpot in terms of Neolithic artefacts. A polissoir in South Dorset! Photos © Historic England Those of...

In 2022 we were awarded some money from the Farming in Protected Landscapes Fund, issued by Dorset AONB, to investigate the sarsen stones...

I wrote about our probable long barrow discovery on Tenants Hill here but what is a long barrow and why does our discovery matter? An...

In 2022 we moved excavation location in order to investigate the elongated mound identified in the 2019 topographic survey. We wanted to...

Following our background research and ground surveys it was time to do some excavation. Although excavation is usually the primary...

Test Pitting is a really useful method of archaeological excavation. It can be used as ‘key hole’ archaeology, to take a small quick look...

Survey methods help archaeologists look in detail at the ground surface and below the soil. It is with these techniques that we can...

Before any archaeological fieldwork it is important to do your background research first and this blog will introduce you to that...

At Past Participate we believe in combining community engagement, volunteer training and high-quality archaeological research. This is...