Andrew Hamilton (left) inspects the excavation with project director Dr David Griffiths (right). Photo: Katy Duff
Medieval objects including a 4,000 year old Bronze Age arrowhead have been uncovered in East Oxford after five weeks of digging and research by archaeologists, local volunteers and university staff. Archeox (the Archaeology of East Oxford Community Project) has been excavating a medieval nunnery at Minchery Paddock, between Blackbird Leys and Littlemore. Hundreds of people have participated in the dig or visited an open day and several local school groups have been involved. The project now has well over 500 registered volunteers and concluded this weekend. On Friday 9 November 2012, Vice-Chancellor Andrew Hamilton visited the site to meet the team and inspect the objects. Project director David Griffiths of Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education said: 'The area we are exploring is part of the site occupied by Littlemore Priory, a nunnery established in around AD1110, which was closed down by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525 after accusations were made that the nuns were involved in scandalous practices. Part of the nunnery buildings (dating to the 1400s) later became a farmhouse and still stand as the Priory Pub (a well-known hostelry next to the Kassam/Oxford United Football Stadium).
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