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Christchurch Archaeology – 50 years Ago!
One of our long-standing members has kindly given me his collection of newspaper cuttings relating to the history and archaeology of Christchurch. I particularly noticed that it was just 50 years ago, in 1973, that the first evidence of the western … Continue reading
Sample for Tree-ring Dating
Some years ago members may remember that we submitted a sample of the ancient timbers we discovered buried at Millhams for tree-ring dating and we were delighted to receive a report that a portion of the huge beam was constructed … Continue reading
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An Unusual Find from the Spoil Heap
Our 2022 season at Little Millhams started with the completion of recording of Pit 62 left over from last year and the subsequent backfilling. As the backfilling proceeded we were fortunate to recover from the spoil heap a very unusual … Continue reading
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Award for TCA Member
Peter Fenning, long-standing member of TCA, has recently been honoured by the Christchurch Town Council at its full council meeting on 17 Jan 2022 with an award under its Meritorious Awards scheme. Peter’s citation for this year’s individual award (see … Continue reading
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Druitt Gardens Geophysical Survey Phase 3
We carried out our last planned phase of our Druitt Gardens geophysical survey during the first week of March 2020. This involved primarily a magnetometer survey of the survey lines we had previously established in August and December last year, … Continue reading
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TCA Excavations from Space
While browsing through the Google Earth imagery, tcablogmaster was amused to discover that the latest satellite image of our area of excavations in Little Millhams at Christchurch clearly shows the evidence of our working. The satellite imagery is dated to … Continue reading
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Friends of St Catherine’s Hill History Day
TCA members will probably be aware that we will be setting up a TCA information stall at the biennial History Day on St. Catherine’s Hill which takes place this year on Sunday 24 September. This year there is a First … Continue reading
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Phosphate Tests for the Amateur Archaeologist
tcablogmaster has long wondered if more information could be gained from the intriguing sequence of layers revealed by our excavations at Millhams. These layers represent the deposition of silt and sand following regular inundation of this marshy site by the … Continue reading
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TCA 2017 AGM
A reminder to our members that the 2017 AGM of our society takes place on Wednesday 28 June 2017 in the Harbour View Room of Stanpit Village Hall in accordance with the notice sent to all members by post our … Continue reading
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Report on the Priory House Resistivity Survey Published
Back in March 2015 we carried an electrical resistivity survey of the lawn of Priory House in Christchurch and also an area in Priory Gardens which is also included within the boundaries of the Scheduled Ancient Monument site. As a … Continue reading
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The Christchurch Antiquarians 