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A dig at a key Second World War site uncovered numerous historic items in days, including ammunition, tags, and coins. The Digging Market Garden project at Fulbeck Manor found key features, including a buried path that ran alongside Nissan huts when the house was billeted.. They also found significant items like a kit bag tag marked “Trooper Mills”, a rove and nail for a Nissan hut roof, coins including a 1929 shilling and 1923 French currency, and buttons. A deeper trench also revealed 18th-Century items like wine bottle bases, animal bones, and tobacco pipes. British archaeologist and presen…

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