Petersfield Heath barrows tour, Hampshire

A fascinating morning being led around the excavations and general site of the HLF ‘People of the Heath’ Petersfield Heath Barrows Project, one of the oldest and best preserved early Bronze Age cemetery monuments, directed by George Anelay and Dr Stuart Needham and partnered with Petersfield Museum

George Anelay provides area background

Examining the section layers

Walking around site to view other barrows

Climbing Music Hill

Cleaning up the barrow trench

Examining the barrow turves

Stuart Needham debates geologic makeup

Wrapping up the day