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Visualising the Beaker Burial
Beaker reconstructions by Karen NicholsThe two artist’s reconstructions are an impression of how the person may have looked during their life, and when placed in the grave. We know that the skeleton...
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Extracting the Past
Phil Harding flint knappingHave you been reading about rare Neolithic houses and a Beaker burial containing a ‘prehistoric princess’ recently? These discoveries were made during our excavations at...
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Beaker Bones, Brickearth and Beads
Why there are no images of the skeletonA better preserved Neolithic burial from the same siteThe acid nature of the clay-rich brickearth, frequent flooding from the adjacent Colne Brook and the high...
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Kingsmead Quarry in the News
Some of the recent discoveries from the 2013 excavations are reported in the latest Windsor Express. These include the excavation of a Bronze Age (1500 BC) farmstead and fields, and another section of...
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Nominated for CA Rescue Dig of the year 2015
CEMEX Kingsmead Quarry We are delighted to announce that Kingsmead Quarry, Horton, Berkshire, has been nominated for Rescue Dig of the Year 2015 as part of the 7th annual Current Archaeology Awards....
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Kingsmead Quarry – Roman Burial Discovered with Bronze Rings
One of the discoveries from this year’s excavation at the CEMEX Kingsmead Quarry is a human burial with bronze ear or hair rings. As with other skeletons at the Quarry, the bone is poorly preserved. In...
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Kingsmead Quarry finds declared as treasure
Gold beads found in a rare Beaker grave found during excavations at Kingsmead Quarry, Horton, Berkshire, have now been declared as Treasure by H.M. Coroner. The beads were discovered in 2011 in a small...
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Datchet Village Society Visit Kingsmead Quarry, Horton
Yesterday members of the Datchet Village Society visited Kingsmead Quarry, Horton and were taken on a tour of the working quarry and the current archaeological excavations. Liz Young (CEMEX) and Adrian...
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