{"id":1537,"date":"2013-09-17T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/bournemouth-archaeology\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2016-10-18T09:12:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T09:12:30","slug":"new-forest-remembers-park-farm-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/buarc\/new-forest-remembers-park-farm-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"New Forest Remembers – Park Farm finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to the digitisation of site drawings covered in our last blog entry<\/a>, our post-excavation department staff have also been processing the finds recovered from the Park Farm dig.<\/p>\n

This involves sorting and cleaning the various artefacts which were recovered by volunteers through a combination of excavation and systematic metal detector survey of the site. Once the finds have been cleaned, the process of creating a photographic record then commences.<\/p>\n

Below are a selection of the artefacts, which give a real insight into the typical objects involved in everyday life at the Needs Oar Point advanced landing ground at Park Farm on the Beaulieu Estate.<\/p>\n

*Note that you can click on the photographs individually to enlarge and view them in detail.<\/p>\n

Coins<\/h2>\n
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2 x Half Penny coin<\/p><\/div>\n

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1888 Half Penny coin<\/p><\/div>\n

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1943 Three Pence coin<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Artillery<\/h2>\n
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9mm bullet cartridges<\/p><\/div>\n

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.50 calibre bullet components<\/p><\/div>\n

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Assorted shrapnel<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Uniform<\/h2>\n
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Buckles<\/p><\/div>\n

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Buckles<\/p><\/div>\n

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Buttons – note the example on the left bears regimental insignia<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fabric<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Personal Items & Utensils<\/h2>\n
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Safety razor<\/p><\/div>\n

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Food can pull<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fork – bearing service number as personal identifier (not shown)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dart barrels – presumably lost during recreational downtime at the airfield<\/p><\/div>\n

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In addition to the digitisation of site drawings covered in our last blog entry, our post-excavation department staff have also been processing the finds recovered from the Park Farm dig. This involves sorting and cleaning the various artefacts which were recovered by volunteers through a combination of excavation and systematic metal detector survey of the… Read more » about New Forest Remembers – Park Farm finds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":369,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[29,51,32,70,31],"class_list":["post-1537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-archaeological-investigation","tag-archaeologists-in-hampshire","tag-artefacts","tag-beaulieu","tag-post-excavation-department"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/buarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/buarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/buarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/buarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/buarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1537"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/buarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1716,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/buarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/buarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/buarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/buarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}