What’s happening with the burial pit finds?

Following a visit to Oxford Archaeology South’s offices we can update you with the process the archaeological finds are going through.

Photos are also available on our Flickr account.

MP visit

Olympic Minister Tessa Jowell yesterday saw remains from the Ridgeway burial pit.

She was visiting Oxford Archaeology South to see the work they’ve undertaken at Eton Rowing Lake in preparation for its use as a venue for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

And of course the most exciting finds being analysed at the offices at the moment are from the relief road, so some were put on display for the visit.

Bones update

 

The BBC has been catching up with Oxford Archaeology, who are employed by Skanska to undertake the site investigations, to see how the analysis of the burial pit bones is going.

Read the online article here.

Bones dated

The remains found in a mass burial pit on Ridgeway have been dated to the late Saxon period.  Radio carbon dating places the remains between AD 890 and AD 1030.

Read more about it in the press release issued.

Archaeology update

This is the latest image of the burial pit on Ridgeway, which Oxford Archaeology has been carefully investigating over the last few weeks.

First there were skulls, now there are bodies.

Unique burial pit discovered

 

 

Archaeologists working on the relief road have discovered an incredible burial pit of skulls and other skeleton parts. The remains are thought to date between late Iron Age to early Roman times. It really is an amazing sight.

To read more about it view the press release issued.