Where is the place you found the most things? Logan (10)

Hello Logan,

I have dug many different sites that were rich in buildings and/or artefacts so it is quite hard to pick one! One I particularly enjoyed digging and studying is a small site in Sussex as it was like a little time bubble. It was dated to the Iron Age/early Roman period. There was a roundhouse there, made of two concentric rows of postholes and a droveway that led to it.

The roundhouse was surrounded by ditches that showed the landscape was divided into fields, mostly for the rearing of cattle and sheep.

We also found many artefacts at this site: some that were related to activities people must have been taking part in everyday such as quern stones to grind cereals, axes and chisels to work wood and stone, awls to work with leather, etc. Some other finds included more personal objects such as hair pins made of bone, fibulas (to tie cloaks) made of bronze and also some beads made of glass.

To me this site was amazing because it had a bit of everything and I could really picture how people could have lived there at the time!

Odile, January 2026

Answered by:

Odile Rouard

Hello, my name is Odile Rouard. I’ve always been interested in archaeology and the understanding of ancient cultures, since I started reading Greek mythology as a child.

I have been working as a professional archaeologist for many years and am looking forward to answering any questions you have about archaeology.

I graduated from York University and have worked on excavations in France, in Ireland and in England of course; I even helped train students in field archaeology on a Silk Road citadel in Kazakhstan!
I have just moved to Orkney to start a new adventure and am now taking part in Viking tours and helping children discover archaeology.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Odile

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