Active amateur group undertaking small excavations and assisting local professional unit when required.
Dover Archaeological Group
March 1, 2000 By Filed Under: Local Societies
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The traditional image of a Medieval leper is a familiar one. Tainted by spiritual pollution, they were outcasts shunned by society. Yet excavations on the site of St Mary Magdalen leper hospital in Winchester are revealing a different picture. Here the afflicted were cared for in substantial structures, before being laid to rest in a carefully … [Read More...]
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