The Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust have published their talk schedule for the new year. This confirms the time and venue for my next talk: Invention and imagination: re-interpreting the early masonry church uncovered in Lyminge during 2019 The talk will be at 7pm on Thursday 16 January 2020 in Room Newton NG07 at Christ … Continue reading Update on the next talk about the excavation at Lyminge
Capacity crowd at Etchinghill
Many thanks to the residents of Etchinghill who turned out on a dismal November morning to here a talk in the village hall on “Ethelburga’s legacy: the exceptional discoveries in the churchyard at Lyminge during the summer of 2019”. So many people came along it was necessary to put out extra chairs; it was great … Continue reading Capacity crowd at Etchinghill
Forthcoming talks about the dig
Particularly if you were not able to attend Gabor's end of dig talk on 31 August, there will be a number of opportunities to catch up on the findings from the dig over the coming months. I will be giving an illustrated talk at Etchinghill Open House, in the village hall, on 25 November, entitled … Continue reading Forthcoming talks about the dig
A view of the Archbishops’ residence
Readers of this blog over the summer will recall how we unexpectedly uncovered the remains of substantial walls due east of the War Memorial. At the time, these were interpreted as the remains of the Archbishops' residence or Aula, which was built in the 11th Century and at least partially demolished in the 14th Century. … Continue reading A view of the Archbishops’ residence
Our book launch
There was a great deal of excitement in Lyminge Library today as we held our first launch event and sold the first copies of our first project publication: Diary of a Dig. The book is the joint work of Liz Coleman and Rob Baldwin, who between them were responsible for writing the daily blog posts … Continue reading Our book launch
Back-filling continues
With the better weather this week, the work of back-filling the site is proceeding apace. The great spoil heaps have been reduced and they are being used to fill the area that was dug over the course of the summer. The type 3 aggregate sub-base for the new path has now been laid over the … Continue reading Back-filling continues
Book launch
Our first project publication has just arrived back from the printers and is now on sale. This is an edited version of the daily blog posts, with some of the extra information that we posted on the noticeboard on the viewing platform during the dig. So it is a record of the dig itself, our … Continue reading Book launch
Restoring the dig site
As the autumn leaves start to fall on the foundations of Ethelburga's church, we are slowly beginning the process of restoring the churchyard following the end of the dig and the start of the next phase of the project. The viewing platform has now been dismantled. Our contractors, Astral, will return to site on Monday … Continue reading Restoring the dig site
A last service in the Anglo-Saxon church
We are expecting the contractors to be back on site on 23 September to begin the task of back-filling the archaeological excavation. Yesterday was therefore the last opportunity to hold a service within the uncovered Anglo-Saxon church. We began evensong within the walls of the church, with prayers from the period, a psalm and a … Continue reading A last service in the Anglo-Saxon church
A very special visit
Mother Nikola and the sisters from Minster viewing the 7th Century church from the viewing platform We were delighted to welcome Mother Nikola and the sisters from Minster Abbey to view our Anglo-Saxon church at Lyminge today. This was special because of the ancient connection between Minster-in-Thanet and Lyminge. At the end of the 8th … Continue reading A very special visit
