Undergraduate Prospectus 2013 - University of Winchester
Undergraduate Prospectus 2013 - University of Winchester
Undergraduate Prospectus 2013 - University of Winchester
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Focus on<br />
Leper hospital dig<br />
Excavations by <strong>Winchester</strong><br />
archaeologists at St Mary Magdalen,<br />
a former medieval leper hospital on<br />
the outskirts <strong>of</strong> <strong>Winchester</strong>, revealed<br />
evidence <strong>of</strong> what is believed to be<br />
Britain’s earliest hospital.<br />
Carbon analysis has provided a date<br />
range <strong>of</strong> AD 960-1030 for a series<br />
<strong>of</strong> burials on the site. A number <strong>of</strong><br />
artefacts, pits and postholes were<br />
uncovered that also relate to this<br />
phase, and evidence <strong>of</strong> an earlier<br />
building, now thought to be an<br />
Anglo-Saxon chapel.<br />
Archaeology students are currently<br />
involved in research at the site and<br />
the Department <strong>of</strong> Archaeology hosts<br />
open days for the general public<br />
to visit the site remains and find<br />
out more about the archaeological<br />
discoveries.<br />
<strong>Undergraduate</strong> <strong>Prospectus</strong> <strong>2013</strong> 133
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