Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
We arranged to get an exclusive tour of the Cerney Wick site a few days before digging was due to begin, but why is this important? Normally, the public only get to see the results of an excavation. Sometimes, they might even get to see part of the excavation itself. Rarely, however, does anyone get to see a site before ground is even broken!
In this video, we visit the site immediately after the water had been drained away. What does it look like? How much rock is visible? Which fossils can already be found? Dave even makes a significant discovery that becomes the first specimen of the 2024 dig!
Cerney Wick:
Palaeocast was granted special access to 2024's excavations at Cerney Wick, allowing us to record media from within the field. On our website, you'll find hours of multimedia captured at different stages throughout the field season. We begin with a podcast that introduces the locality and details the plans for the upcoming dig, this is followed by several days of recording at the site itself and finally a record of the legacy of the year’s fieldwork.
Website:
palaeocast.com/cerney-wick
Introductory podcast about the site available here:
youtube.com/watch?v=w2gL0wIL74Y
We'd like to thank Sally and Neville Hollingworth for their help with putting this series together and for accommodating us in the field. We recognise Hills Quarry Products for making their site so accessible for research and science communication. Thanks to all the volunteers who have contributed to the multimedia in this series and especially to Laura Hobbs who has provided assistance throughout. Finally, thanks to all our backers on Patreon who help make projects like this possible.
We arranged to get an exclusive tour of the Cerney Wick site a few days before digging was due to begin, but why is this important? Normally, the public only get to see the results of an excavation. Sometimes, they might even get to see part of the excavation itself. Rarely, however, does anyone get to see a site before ground is even broken!
In this video, we visit the site immediately after the water had been drained away. What does it look like? How much rock is visible? Which fossils can already be found? Dave even makes a significant discovery that becomes the first specimen of the 2024 dig!
Cerney Wick:
Palaeocast was granted special access to 2024's excavations at Cerney Wick, allowing us to record media from within the field. On our website, you'll find hours of multimedia captured at different stages throughout the field season. We begin with a podcast that introduces the locality and details the plans for the upcoming dig, this is followed by several days of recording at the site itself and finally a record of the legacy of the year’s fieldwork.
Website:
palaeocast.com/cerney-wick
Introductory podcast about the site available here:
youtube.com/watch?v=w2gL0wIL74Y
We'd like to thank Sally and Neville Hollingworth for their help with putting this series together and for accommodating us in the field. We recognise Hills Quarry Products for making their site so accessible for research and science communication. Thanks to all the volunteers who have contributed to the multimedia in this series and especially to Laura Hobbs who has provided assistance throughout. Finally, thanks to all our backers on Patreon who help make projects like this possible.
