"We were able to build off of earlier excavations."

The earliest professional excavations of the church's ruins date to 1924.

However, his plans for a Channel Tunnel ground to a halt soon after early excavations started due to both financial and political problems.

An early excavation in the 19th century found that within this hill there are structures like a tiled room with a small local prison.

Due to erosion and the damage caused by earlier excavations, access is now forbidden; you can view it from a car park on the A4.

"We barely scratched the surface during the early excavation," she recalled.

During this early excavation, the focus was mainly on developing a basic stratigraphy and context.

And that assessment was based on earlier, preliminary excavations.

A large stone obelisk was discovered in one of the structures during earlier excavations.

Seven other skeletons and a wealth of artifacts were found there in earlier excavations.