OC in New Netflix Film 'The Dig'

'The Dig' the new film released on Netflix at the end of January, features a character based upon an OC.

The new Netflix film drama, 'The Dig', is based upon the true story of the excavation of an Anglo-Saxon burial mound at Sutton Hoo in 1939. Stuart Piggott (27) was involved in the excavation along with his wife, Peggy, another renowned archeologist. Stuart's connection with Churcher's wasn't just as an OC... His father was a English master at the College from 1906 until his retirement in 1936 - he was appointed Deputy Head in 1914 and was in charge of the OTC. Stuart lived in Sheet whilst at school and Piggott Place in Sheet is named after him.  

On leaving school in 1927 Piggott took up a post as assistant at Reading Museum, where he developed an expertise in Neolithic pottery. In 1928 he joined the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and spent the next five years producing a revolutionary study of the site of Butser Hill, south of Petersfield. He also worked on excavations at The Trundle a causewayed enclosure near Goodwood, West Sussex.  

Despite no formal qualifications in Archaeology he was appointed Professor of Archaeology at Edinburgh University after WWII and he is credited with helping the department becoming one of world renown.

Stuart died in 1996 at the age of 86 in Devizes, Wiltshire.

Below is a map of the area surrounding the College, drawn by Stuart (please click to enlarge).