Archaeologist, Murray Cook, will be running a series of training digs on behalf of Stirling Council. For those interested in trying archaeology for a day, the council is offering a series of free digs across the year. Projects will include the exploration of a 17th Century Designed landscape and Medieval hollow ways (sunken lanes) in [...]
Stirling Council Archaeology
March 12, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Killearn, Plean, and Abbey Craig
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Dates: May, June and September
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Cost: Free
Marks Hall Jacobean Mansion
March 12, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Colchester, Essex
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Dates: Spring-October
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Cost: Free
Colchester Archaeological Group are conducting their final excavation at Marks Hall Estate in Essex. As part of the Historical Research Project run by Essex University, and at the request of the Trustees of Marks Hall Estate, the excavation hopes to identify the location of the footprint of a lost Jacobean Mansion, and to seek evidence [...]
Société Jersiaise
March 12, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Jersey, Channel Islands
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Dates: Excavations: 13 July-11 August; Guided Walks: various days between 08 and 28 July; Conference: 06-07 July |
Cost: Free, membership required (£6 students and £55 adults per year)
Under the direction of Field Archaeologist, Robert Waterhouse, the archaeology branch of the Société Jersiaise will be carrying out summer research excavations at St Clement. This is the second season of a long-term project to identify the extent and nature of Iron Age and Roman settlement evidence on the island. The excavations are free of charge, [...]
Bury Archaeological Group
March 11, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Gristlehurst Farm, Heywood, Manchester
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Dates: Wednesdays, April - October |
Cost: Free (£10 annual membership)
This year Bury Archaeological Group will be excavating at the site of Gristlehurst Hall near Heywood, Manchester. The project aims to identity the exact location of the original hall, and its possible relationship to surviving buildings. Investigations are at present concentrated in an area that seems to have been occupied by hall outbuildings from the [...]
Access Cambridge Archaeology
March 11, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: TBC |
Dates: TBC |
Cost: TBC
Volunteering opportunities often arise on community projects run by Access Cambridge Archaeology. These projects, which include the opportunity to take part in excavations, are aimed at local residents in eastern England. Follow the ACA website, blog and Facebook page to see what might be coming up in your area.
Heritage Writtle
March 11, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Writtle, Essex
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Dates: Throughout the year one morning a week
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Cost: Free, membership required (£10 annual membership)
Heritage Writtle is a group of local enthusiasts who first united in 2003 to investigate the historic village and parish of Writtle in Essex. The club meets one morning a week throughout the course of the year to examine, interpret and record aspects of the area’s history through field walking, metal-detecting, excavation, and post-excavation work. [...]
Osteoarchaeology Initiatives
March 11, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
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Dates: May and June |
Cost: £97 per day
This year Stockwood Discovery Centre has announced a new and updated program of osteoarchaeology courses. All courses are aimed at increasing knowledge of human skeletal remains, providing thorough hands-on access and teaching people how to identify sex, age, and pathologies on skeletons that are over 1500 years old. Luton Culture is hosting one or two-day [...]
Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group (SWAAG)
March 11, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Hagg Farm, Fremington, Yorkshire Dales
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Dates: 10-21 June (excluding middle weekend)
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Cost: £5 per day for non-members, £3 per day for members
In June 2013, Archaeological Services Durham University (ASDU) will be leading the main SWAAG excavation at Hagg Farm in Fremington, North Yorkshire. Participants will be excavating what is thought to be the main settlement platform of this fascinating Romano-British site. In addition, the high-status settlement which appears to have been abandoned about AD 370 has [...]
Archaeology In Marlow
March 10, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Warren Wood, Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire
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Dates: Once a fortnight from April to October 2013
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Cost: £2 per day for non-members, free for members
From April 2013, Archaeology In Marlow (AIM) will be conducting further investigations at the site of Warren Wood in Little Marlow, Bucks. This site comprises of a double enclosure earthwork believed to be Medieval in date. Evidence of Neolithic artefacts and Iron Age pottery suggests the origins of the site are much earlier. From April [...]
Isfield Enclosure Training Excavation 2013
March 10, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Isfield, East Sussex
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Dates: 08 July-02 August
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Cost: See Website
The Sussex School of Archaeology are looking for volunteers to take part in the excavation of a new site, Isfield Enclosure, situated to the north of Lewes in East Sussex. This will provide the main focus for both the field schools and training excavation in the summer. The site consists of a large, ditched enclosure [...]
Dorchester-on-Thames
March 10, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Dorchester, Oxfordshire
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Dates: July |
Cost: £250 per week
Dorchester-on-Thames is one of the very few sites in the country where urbanised activity running through the late Iron Age, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon period has not been obscured by later development. It is a key site for British archaeology. In collaboration with Oxford Archaeology, and members of the community, the School of Archaeology has been [...]
GRAEME YOUNG
March 23, 2011 By Filed Under: Q&A with Site Supervisors
(Bamburgh Research Project) 1) What qualities do you look for in a digger? A genuine interest in, and enthusiam to learn about archaeology, is the quality we most value. Anything else can be taught if someone wants to learn. Of course being intelligent and good with your hands is also a bonus. [...]
TONY ROBERTS
March 23, 2011 By Filed Under: Q&A with Site Supervisors
(Tetbury – Archeoscan) 1) What qualities do you look for in a digger? I believe the best quality is enthusiasm closely followed by a willingness to learn. An interest in history/archaeology is an advantage as is an inquisitive mind. A sense of humour may come in handy for those days when it is wet [...]
MICK MILES
March 23, 2011 By Filed Under: Q&A with Site Supervisors
(Green, Isle of Eday, Orkney) 1) What qualities do you look for in a digger? Enthusiasm, willingness to muck in with all activities & a good team player. A passion for archaeology & an interest either in the site itself or the period. As we all live and work together 24/7 it is important to be [...]
JACQUI WOOD
March 23, 2011 By Filed Under: Q&A with Site Supervisors
(Saveock Water Archaeology) 1) What qualities do you look for in a digger? The most important quality we look for is enthusiasm and a love of all things in the past. 2) What items of equipment would you say are essential for a novice to bring along themselves? At Saveock we provide [...]
MURRAY COOK
March 23, 2011 By Filed Under: Q&A with Site Supervisors
(Rampart Scotland, Balbithan Landscape Project) 1) What qualities do you look for in a digger? The most important quality is that they want to be there, they are keen to explore the past, to be the first to see or touch something in hundreds or thousands of years. However, they should be physically fit and [...]
PAUL WILKINSON
March 23, 2011 By Filed Under: Q&A with Site Supervisors
(Kent Archaeological Field School) 1) What qualities do you look for in a digger? Care and diligence for detail. They should be aware of why they are digging, and what it is they are digging too, and be prepared to record everything as they progress. 2) What items of equipment would you say [...]
Digging A Future
March 23, 2011 By Filed Under: Advice, Fieldwork advice
Archaeology graduate Emma Watts-Plumpkin left university in the summer – but not before being bitten by the digging bug. Here she recalls her experiences, from rooky through to old hand. When you have never been on a dig before, it can be quite a daunting prospect. My first excavation was in my initial [...]
Personal Dig Checklist
March 21, 2011 By Filed Under: Advice, Fieldwork advice
When you are about to embark on a dig, it’s a good idea to double check you have everything you might need – below is a quick checklist with the essentials. Travel and Money Preparation: Travel tickets and insurance Maps, directions and phone numbers Appropriate jabs and medications Packing for Projects – essentials Functional [...]
Digging Binchester
March 21, 2010 By Filed Under: Advice, Fieldwork advice
Former CA Editor Lisa Westcott spent an inspiring week in the trenches, brushing up on her digging skills and meeting volunteers. Last summer, I decided to go undercover as a volunteer on an excavation. It had been quite awhile since I had been out digging, and I felt shockingly out of practice: it was [...]
