NEW SIGNIFICANT finds which could be of national importance have been unearthed on Petersfield Heath.
They were revealed just days after the last of this year’s excavations of Bronze Age and Mesolithic sites began.
Archaeologist George Anelay is heading the People of the Heath project for Petersfield Museum. He said: “A lot of flint barbs for arrows were found, and what could be post holes from the same era, around 11,000 years ago.
“If they are post holes from a Mesolithic house, this could be of national significance as such finds are rare.
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This latest round of digs is the biggest since the project began in 2014, with at least six digs going on.
On one site, Winchester University students, led by Nick Thorpe, are extending the search where wooden remains were carbon dated as being from the early Bronze Age, around 1,800 BC.
Research director Stuart Needham is revisiting a burial mound where he found evidence of a Mesolithic grave last year.
To find out more, visit the website www.peopleofthe heath.com