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Excavating the CA archive
Joe Flatman explores over half a century of reports from the past.
Dorset is home to some stunning archaeological sites, among the most remarkable in the country. Maiden Castle near Dorchester, for example, is to many the definitive Iron Age hillfort (see CA 336, March 2018), and the Cerne Abbas giant is another perennial favourite, its more overt attractions masking the conundrum of its age and origins (see CA 365, August 2020, and CA 376, July 2021). There is no shortage of coverage of the county in Current Archaeology, and so here I will provide some of my personal favourites.
To begin with, there are some superb multi-period sites: for example, Bestwall Quarry, on the shores of Poole harbour immediately east of Wareham, featured in CA 186 (June 2003)
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