Archaeologists to dig up land showing settlements

When the excavations are finished the sites will be filled back up and the vegetation will be able to grow

A team of archaeologists will return to Alderney later this year to excavate Iron Age and Roman settlements.

DigAlderney will be focusing on the site at the edge of the golf course opposite the Nunnery.

Archaeolgists from the island will be joined by others from the UK and Guernsey.

This excavation will hopefully give insight to post-Roman activity on Alderney.

Between 2018 and 2019, the group discovered rare pieces of Merovingian glass and pottery estimated to be from the 6th or 7th century AD.

The Alderney Wildlife Trust (AWT) is interested in how the site will affect biodiversity and the natural history of Alderney.

AWT have cleared the land of "dense scrub and rank grass" to give archaeologists more time and to reduce the disturbance of birds in May.