http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5 Explore the UK’s largest archaeological excavation Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:59:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Download an animation A barn from the Romano-British period (requires QuickTime). From 100 BC the people of southern Britain came into increasing contact with the Roman Empire, culminating in 43AD with the Roman invasion of Britain. For the next 370 years Britain became tied into the political and economic structure of ... http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5/2007/05/24/100-bc-360-ad-a-new-direction/ Download an animation showing the Bronze Age settlement (requires QuickTime). ©BAA 2003 Produced by Marshall Lightfoot plc Reproduced by kind permission BAA http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5/2007/05/24/bronze-age-settlement/ A visualisation of the completed Terminal 5 The T5 site, while situated within the airport's existing boundary, had previously been occupied by Thames Water's Perry Oaks sludge works. Covering an area of around 260 hectares, it is equivalent in size to London's Hyde Park and situated between two of the world's ... http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5/2007/05/24/heathrow-terminal-5/ Nick Cooke (Project Officer at Heathrow 1998 - 1999) There were a lot of unknowns when I first started working at Heathrow. It was the first time Wessex Archaeology and Oxford Archaeology had worked on a joint venture in the field, the recording system was entirely new and relied heavily on ... http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5/2007/05/11/memories-of-perry-oaks/ Many of the Bronze Age field boundaries found at Heathrow were still in use during the Medieval period. Some even persist as property boundaries on the Estate map of 1748. Two of the most prominent features of the Heathrow landscape were constructed in the 16th and 17th centuries. ... http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5/2007/05/03/the-post-med/ A medieval image of a Peacock. Source: Der Naturen Bloeme of Jacob van Maerlant (folios 38r-163r) ca. 1350. Copyright Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Hague, Netherlands. Manors to the south and west of London sold pigs, geese and chickens to the London market, and sometimes luxury items to richer customers. In 1293/4 and 1324 ... http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5/2007/05/03/medieval-farms-and-a-hamlet/ A Saxon family work on the construction of a building. Flax fields are visible beyond. Following Britain's exit from the contracting Roman Empire, the towns and cities, which had already been in decline during the later part of the Romano-British period, rapidly fall into disuse. Severed from the wider network of ... http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5/2007/05/03/flax-farming/ Everyone's invited to the Neolithic party On a personal level, my most enduring feeling is one of gratitude for the hard work of so many people over such a long time on this project. Hundreds of archaeologists have now worked on the various elements of the T5 project, and they have ... http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5/2007/04/24/john-lewis-on-the-moment-he-realised-the-stanwell-cursus-was-a-political-statement/ The Perry Oaks sludge works. One of the earliest phases of the archaeological work at T5 was the recording and interpretation of the disused sludge works at Perry Oaks. Built in the 1930's the development of the plant is testament to the unprecedented population growth seen in the late 20th century. When ... http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5/2007/04/24/the-perry-oaks-water-treatment-works/ A lead font is submerged in a waterhole During the fourth century AD, the Roman Empire adopted Christianity as the official religion and Britain was no exception. However when Britain ceased to be part of the empire, in 410 AD, British Christian society underwent drastic change. The image above is a ... http://www.framearch.co.uk/t5/2007/04/24/ad-360-3-the-lead-tank/