21 September 2015 Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London W1S 1SR 1800 for champagne reception. 1900 lecture begins. Join us at Bonhams. London, on 21 September for the Waterloo Uncovered Lecture. Hosted by Jeremy Paxman, the Waterloo Uncovered Lecture is an opportunity to hear more about our 2015 results and fieldwork, meet the team (from veterans to archaeologists) and learn about the project’s future. The …
Final Day
Just a (very) short post today. More results to follow next week as we process our finds, thoughts and theories. After a log day backfilling trenches, we’re packed up and on our way home early tomorrow morning. It’s been two weeks we wont forget. We’ve made new discoveries and new friends. Some have tried archaeology for the first time and others have given their …
Day 10 update – The great debate
We’re moving towards the end of our second week at Hougoumont Farm and the time just seems to fly by. Before we know it, it will soon be time to head home, but before then there’s still a lot of archaeology to do. We’re enjoying some great debates on our Facebook page and thank you to everyone who has contributed. …
Day 9 update- A few finds
The finds coming out of Hougoumont Farm tell many different stories, some of battles, some of home life and some of modern life. It makes you appreciate how many people have worked, lived, fought and died in this small area of Belgium. We’ve pulled out a selection of finds to highlight these themes. We hope you enjoy them Mystery Object …
Day 8 update – Digging in the rain, just digging in the rain
There are positives to digging in the rain… no really there are! Firstly, the rain changes the look of the soil and with a bit of cleaning up in trench 21 it is now possible to see the faintest of traces of the ornamental garden, so that it shows up like a ghost garden and will invariably fade when the …
Day 5 update – a recap on last week
We’re back for another week of excavating after a much needed rest over the weekend but before we launch into new discoveries and points for discussion let’s recap over a few of the highlights from last week. On Friday, Eva from SPW removed the unbroken bottle from its trench. Finds analysis have revealed that it is definitely from the battle …
Day 4 update – Have we found Clay’s ammunition?
Day 4 of our two week dig and we’ve turned our attention to an area that is referred to as the sunken way, a ditch that runs East to West past the North of Hougoumont Farm and found five musket balls. Now we know from Private Matthew Clay’s memoirs that he slept here the night before the battle and he …
Day 3 update – Bottles, Brick pathways and a Belgium Blue
Things are really taking shape here at Hougoumont as we reach day 3 although sharing a field full of Belgium Blues certainly creates a few challenges. Even after we had put up a fence like a shark cave the cows curiosity won the day. Arriving on site in the morning it was evident a curious cow had ambled over our trenches. …
Day 2 update – Ready, aim, fire!
Whilst we continue to explore our trenches in the walled garden a lot of our attention has been on the area known as the Killing ground, a small area outside the south wall that stood the brunt of the French attack. Several trenches have been opened here and after removing about 6 inches of the topsoil and metal detected the …
Day 1 update – We’re back and the finds are ‘firing’ in!
The countdown is over, we’re finally here at Hougoumont Farm and it feels so good to back. What was instantly noticeable since our visit in April was the development of the farm complex, particularly the superb renovation of the Gardner’s House where our site ‘hut’ is based for the next two weeks. Well done Project Hougoumont for such a fantastic …
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