Guernsey archaeologists resume work on airport site

A Stone Age site in a field beside Guernsey airport is being excavated for the last time by archaeologists.

Evidence of neolithic settlement has already been found at a depth of 60cm (24in) but the site is due to be buried under an extended runway safety area.

If plans are approved, the site at La Mare Road will become permanently inaccessible for any further study. 

Hearths, post-holes and ditches have been found and dated to about 3,000BC, which equates to what archaeologists term the "middle neolithic".

However it seems likely that the site remained in use until the bronze age - in about 1,500BC....