Visit to WARG excavations at Hinton Ampner, Hampshire

Excavation Visit & Tour, WARG at Hinton Ampner, Hampshire

Winchester Archaeology Group (WARG) will be returning to a group of Bronze Age barrows near Hinton Ampner for the third and final season of excavation in September. The apparently ploughed-out barrows, in their valley bottom setting, have unexpectedly revealed well preserved ditches protected by a considerable depth of hill-wash and a significant remnant of the barrow mounds.

In 2025 evidence of two funerary pyres was discovered and the excavation of these will continue, alongside further exploration of the barrow ditches. The search for an elusive third barrow will continue. The dramatic rediscovery of a 1930 excavation trench was
reported in the Hampshire Field Club Newsletter No 85 for Spring 2026.

This exclusive tour is, as usual, free to Field Club members, but we would be most grateful if you could contribute at the dig itself. Proceeds go to WARG to fund further excavations and post-excavation work.