Description: The Plugstreet Archaeological Project is an international project researching the 1917 Battle of Messines and is led by members of No Man's Land - The European Group for Great War Archaeology and the Comines-Warneton Historical Society.
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Elephant Mask The Great War of 1914-1918 took place barely a century ago, at the start of the Plugstreet Project, some men who had taken part in these battles were still alive and the memories of numerous others live on in their letters, memoirs and in some cases oral history recordings. Across the world archives hold thousands upon thousands of documents, maps and photographs. What could we possibly learn from excavating the landscape upon which such well documented events took place? By combining the find
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