The excavations at Sutton Common
Excavations of the Iron Age site of Sutton Common (South Yorkshire)
are undertaken between 30th June and 8th August 2003. The work will be
carried out by the Universities of Exeter (Department of Archaeology)
and Hull (Wetlands Archaeology
and Environments Research Centre), thereto funded by English
Heritage. The excavation forms part of a wider programme of site
management and research.
The site management, undertaken by the landowner, the Carstairs
Countryside Trust (CCT) with support from a large number of agencies and
individuals, is aimed at preserving the organic and inorganic remains of
much of the site. This is to be achieved through a programme of
hydrological management that commenced in 1999. However, the organic
archaeological remains on the larger enclosure can not be preserved; a
watertable at a height required to achieve in situ preservation here
would result in widespread flooding of the surrounding agricultural
land.
