Take a stroll back through time with archaeologist Andrea Frankham-Hughes. The walk is arranged for Sunday 31st May.

Meet at 1:30pm at the Portland Heights Hotel, outside the cafe. The car park is free. It will be easy walking, but layers, hats, water, sun cream and sensible footwear recommended, maybe even a rain coat.

Take a stroll back though the mists of time with research archaeologist Andrea Frankham-Hughes and dive into Portland’s deep history to discover the hidden stories of the north of the island in prehistoric time.

In the mid 1800s the areas around the Verne were intensively quarried revealing areas rich in burials and significant artefacts, from the enigmatic beehive huts to Iron Age collars, mirrors, coins and ingots. Large Iron Age and Romano British cemeteries were unearthed but are now mostly forgotten. Thes along with earlier lost barrows and stone circles reveal the fascinating lives and deaths of the people of the island who came before us.

Andrea has been exploring prehistoric Portland for almost a decade and is currently postgraduate researcher at Bournemouth University specialising in prehistoric Portland with a current focus on Iron Age and Romano British Durotrigian burials