Festival of Archaeology: Walk

Dorchester Archaeological Dowsing Walk | Peter Emery

24 July 2022, 10:00am - 11:00am

Try your hand at Archaeological dowsing with Peter Emery, retired field Archaeologist

Did a large Roman Military Fort exist before the creation of the Dorchester town of Durnovaria?

A short journey into Dorchester from the Roman Town House to hunt down possible buried clues using archaeological dowsing. Can the location of a large elusive fort be revealed? (1.1 miles, 1 ½ hrs)

Roman Town House,
County Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester DT1 1XJ

Home of Hillforts & Henges is an exciting new event from 21st to 31st July that will celebrate Dorchester’s neolithic and iron age landscape, rich in earthworks and the people that have lived here for over 6,000 years.

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Co-ordinated by the Council for British Archaeology, the Festival offers hundreds of events nationwide, organised by museums, heritage organisations, national and country parks, universities, local societies, and community archaeologists.

The Festival of Archaeology will take place between 16 – 31 July 2022.

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