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The Durrington Maltsters

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[** If you like this post, please make a donation to the IR&DD project using the button at the end. If you think it is interesting or useful, please re-share via Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. **]   Preface I am delighted to welcome Merryn Dineley to the blog. She is an archaeologist with an interest in traditional brewing and malting, and is one a small group of people actively researching the archaeology of brewing and attempting to give beer back its rightful place in our early heritage. Robert M Chapple  2013 Introduction Malted bere barley This article was first published in British Archaeology in January 2008. It was not put on-line at the time. I think it is a good time to revive it, given the proposed re-creation of some of the buildings excavated at Durrington Walls by The Ancient Technology Centre and English Heritage . Obviously, it needs to be updated a little ... there is a reference to a new and potentially exciting lit...