BBC Countryfile Winter Diaries on 15 Feb 2017 featured the Citizan project and recent finds on the mud off Mersea Island. This screenshot shows a skull, found by local oysterman Daniel French when out dredging. It is an Iron Age skull, dated to 290 to 350 BC.

The screenshot is from a 3D model built of the skull - available online at View 3D models of structures found at Mersea

Video of the full item from Countryfile can be played inside the Museum - ID VV010611.

Citizan works with volunteers to record finds and changes around our coast - for more see www.citizan.org.uk.

Date: 15 February 2017