Anglo-Saxon Romsey and the Lower Test Valley
This site is still under development, more material will be added over the coming weeks. If you are interested, please check back regularly.
Recent Developments in Archaeology in the Romsey area
In the last few years a number of developments have been made in local archaeology
1. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey in Romsey Abbey 2019 Click here for pdf file of full report
2. Dating of burial with preserved hair. Click here to download pdf file of report
3. Saxon timbers found in the Fishlake. Click here for details
4. Saxon Spearhead rediscovered in Romsey Abbey. Click here for details
5. Stylus redated to Saxon period. Click here to download pdf file
6. Radio carbon dating of the charcoal associated with the iron smelting. Click here to download pdf file of results.