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BERE REGIS HISTORY SOCIETY

Although we have missed our usual monthly meetings at
the Village Hall, the Archaeology Section has not wasted
any time in accelerating our search for artefacts in the
Parish. Working either separately or nearby with social-
distancing being observed, so far in 2020, we have carried
out twenty searches. This has been to determine the
variety of finds in specific locations and has yielded almost
6,000 items on the surface so far, bringing the total of finds at Bere Regis since the
project started to over 23,000 items.
In addition to those items we have also found part of an unknown sunken ancient
track-way about 3,000 years old, part of a quern-stone which is probably late-
Roman or early "Dark-Ages", more details of the origin of the name of "Bere", a
piece of Romano-British pottery with somebody's name painted on in glaze, the
site of a previously unknown copper mine pit and the associated green-stone
(Copper Carbonate) debris-field, and what seems to be an ancient "sacred
pool", all of which are not very far from the village centre up to about three-
quarters of a mile distant.
There will be no shortage of material

for discussion and showing of finds
when we do all get back together
again. By then there will probably be
even more finds and discoveries to
help us understand the importance of
our village.
Included here is a photo of Romano-
British pottery found recently, a piece
with beautifully decorated rim pattern
made with somebody's fingers about
1,800 years ago.
Can you give a five, ten or fifteen
minute talk on something local that
would interest our members? There is
no pressure and lots of cheerful friendliness at our meetings and all are welcome
when we get back to normal after this pandemic has gone away.
John Pitfield, Project Secretary

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