EPISODE · Feb 19, 2026 · 19 MIN
Episode 6 – Archaeological Overspill
from Beneath the Counter: An Archive of the Unexplained, Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth · host Trinity Pine
A service alley off Old Christchurch Road.A closed engraver’s shop.A brass plaque embedded in the tarmac that most people walk over without noticing.When Trinity scrapes dirt from the lettering, she discovers that Granville Place is officially designated as Archaeological Overspill. What follows is the slow revelation of something extraordinary: a Roman marble foot, medieval cloister arches, and a monumental sculptural group more at home in Naples than Bournemouth.Speaking to Nigel, the former engraver, and Ken from the Fellowship of Exchange and Loss, Trinity tries to understand how museum-grade artefacts have come to rest between bins and fire escapes — and whether anything should be done about it.Beneath the Counter is part of a wider art project exploring speculative shopfronts, urban storytelling, and the bureaucratic uncanny. It combines fictional podcasting, street-level interventions, and AI-generated ephemera to imagine a high street haunted by capitalism, memory, and desire.Created by Lisa Moro, Artist in Residence, Old Christchurch Rd, Bournemouth
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A service alley off Old Christchurch Road.A closed engraver’s shop.A brass plaque embedded in the tarmac that most people walk over without noticing.When Trinity scrapes dirt from the lettering, she discovers that Granville Place is officially designated as Archaeological Overspill. What follows is the slow revelation of something extraordinary: a Roman marble foot, medieval cloister arches, and a monumental sculptural group more at home in Naples than Bournemouth.Speaking to Nigel, the former engraver, and Ken from the Fellowship of Exchange and Loss, Trinity tries to understand how museum-grade artefacts have come to rest between bins and fire escapes — and whether anything should be done about it.Beneath the Counter is part of a wider art project exploring speculative shopfronts, urban storytelling, and the bureaucratic uncanny. It combines fictional podcasting, street-level interventions, and AI-generated ephemera to imagine a high street haunted by capitalism, memory, and desire.Created by Lisa Moro, Artist in Residence, Old Christchurch Rd, Bournemouth
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