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Grantham: Archaeologists find WW2 items during dig at manor

Fulbeck Hall, the ancestral home of the Fane family, was requisitioned by the armed forces after war broke out in 1939.

Councillor Richard Dixon Warren, armed forces champion for the council, said: “We had no idea what we would find, but it’s been a fascinating voyage of discovery.”

The dig was carried out in partnership with the University of Oxford, the University of Lincoln and Wings to the Past.

Injured military personnel also took part in the work through the initiative Operation Nightingale.

Mr Dixon Warren said he hoped the project would act as a springboard to “more archaeological explorations” in future.

“The whole event has been an absolute triumph and one that we were proud to be part of.

“It has proved what an appetite there is for further knowledge about our World War Two and airborne forces heritage.”


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