IntroductionAbout Community Archaeology on the Mendip Plateau (CAMP)
The group, founded in 2009 is centred on Chewton Mendip in Somerset. Its purpose is to explore and research the landscape in the parishes of the Chewton area from both an archaeological and an historical viewpoint.
It is project-based with members suggesting areas for research. The activities include landscape analysis, earthwork and geophysical surveying, excavation and test-pitting, old map study, documentary research, workshops and standing buildings study.
The greater part of the group's activities since 2011 has been the excavation of a medieval site in Chewton Mendip. As a result, members are compiling an extensive Medieval Pottery Fabric Series and the medieval soil layers are the subject of ongoing, environmental studies.
