fairfield dig 2009/10

The Fairfield Project has been running for the last 5 years. It's funded by the Big Lottery Fund, Somerset Heritage Services, Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society (Gray Fund) and the Council for British Archaeology (Challenge Fund). The site is on the Somerset coast and we are studying the Fairfield estate. This year we are focusing on the immediate surounding of the house and looking at the evidence of a wall that once stood around the house. We are also looking at another site where we are carrying out a program of fieldwalking and test pitting to investigate some interesting features in one of the fields that have been identified by aerial photography and earth banks that are visible on the ground. We plan on keeping you all informed of the work as it progresses throughout our main season and beyond with the test pit program.adele