Gerald Maurice Wilkinson's Page

I have just spent a great week studying 'Human Remains' at the Anglo Saxon excavation site in Sedgeford, Norfolk, East Anglia. This was the thirteenth season there and the graveyard has now become the campsite and the settlement excavation has begun. The seven of us on th HR course started at 8.30 each morning working through till 5.30 with the appropriate breaks for food and drink. The tgutors were friendly and well informed transmitting to us information about the human skeleton from genuine e… Continue

I am going to Cresswell crags on Thursday afternoon to visit the Church Hole Cavern where Britains answer to Cave Art is situated. At first I was told it was not open to the general public as they had schools trips every day but when I said I was an archaeologist they have made a special visite for me!! I hope to take some photos and post them next week.
Gerald

On Wednesday I returned to Avebury to take more photos and see what had happened since the big excavation at Silbury Hill. Photos will be posted soon. Silsbury is all tidied up for the next generation. However, while walking round the stones I came across a a small crowd round a stone listening to a man talking about the singing which I did hear. Apparently the sheep listen to it too. The man Tareth has been researching this for some time and claims this common to a lot of magaliths ( but he has… Continue

On May 10th I am off for nearly three weeks to Bulgaria to chase Medieval Frescoes in abandoned churches and mon asteries with Balkan Heritage. I shall be returning with lots of photos and hopefully some good stories. Anyone with information please let me know.
Gerald
I have been back just over a week now but I am still having difficulty sorting my photos of which there are nearly 1000. The work was very interesting as the cultural is very different to that of an Englishman brought up in a non c… Continue

Eileen and I have just returned from a short holiday on the beautiful island of Jersey (British but close to France). I shall send details to anyone who wants more details. To keep busy apart from reading Renfrew and Bahn on subsistence, I visited 2 of the twelve megalith sites and a medieval Fishermans Chapel for the frescoes. With the next few days I shall be bringing you my photos.
Gerald