MBArchaeology is looking for volunteers with basic archaeological knowledge to assist in courses and projects for Adult Education and Family Learning. These are based in the Bolsover Region of North East Derbyshire. Roles will include assistance in fieldwork activities such as surveying, planning and excavation, supervising group members, support for group members involved in active [...]
MBArchaeology Volunteering Opportunity
Location: Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
Dates: Throughout 2013 |
Cost: Free
Moel Fodig Iron Age Hillfort
Location: Moel Fodig hillfort near Corwen, Denbighshire, North-East Wales |
Dates: Not yet confirmed, but probably c.12-23 August |
Cost: Free
In collaboration with the ‘Heather and Hillforts’ project, Bangor University is conducting a programme of research on the hillforts of the Clwydian Range and Llantysilio Mountains. Since 2009, the project has been involved with numerous excavations, including at Moel y Gaer and Llanbedr Hillfort. The objective is to gain a better understanding of the development [...]
Meillionydd
Location: Meillionydd near Rhiw, Llyn Peninsula, North-West Wales |
Dates: 01-27 July |
Cost: Free
This fourth season of excavations at Meillionydd, Rhiw, will continue to explore a ‘double ringwork’ hilltop enclosure. Despite producing one of the most well-preserved, abundant, and comprehensively surveyed settlement records in Wales, the archaeology of the area remains under-researched and poorly understood: few recent excavations have been carried out, chronologies are not well defined, and [...]
Fort Arbeia and the Roman Empire in Britain
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: South Shields, Tyne & Wear
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Dates: Various, June - August |
Cost: Contributions range from £525 - £1450 depending on expedition length
Students are invited to take part in the permanent excavation site of South Shields Roman Fort, a Roman military and civilian settlement that lies within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hadrian’s Wall. For over a decade, Earthwatch teams have helped meticulously map more than 1,000 square meters of pre-Roman and Roman settlement here, with [...]
University of Bristol Archaeology Summer Schools
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol, and Berkeley Castle, 20 miles from Bristol
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Dates: July and August
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Cost: For both field schools £250 per person per week
This year, the University of Bristol will be running a number of archaeological summer schools at both beginner and intermediate levels. The introductory course will comprise of two-and-a-half days of classroom tuition, a half-day surveying session, and two days of practical excavation experience. The advanced field school will consist of five full days of excavation, [...]
Irish Archaeological Field School
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Blackfriary Dominican Abbey in Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland
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Dates: 20 May–23 August
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Cost: €1000 for two weeks
The Irish Archaeology Field School will be hosting a fourth season of excavations at the 13th century Dominican Abbey of Blackfriary in the town of Trim, Co. Meath. This is a training excavation and students over the age of 18 will be taught excavation methods by a team of professional archaeologists. This year, the project [...]
Green Farm Neolithic Settlement, Isle of Eday
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Orkney |
Dates: 18th May – 30th June, 13th July – 24th August
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Cost: £230 for one week, up to £500 for four weeks or more
The excavation of Green Farm, an artefact-rich Neolithic settlement site on the Isle of Eday in Orkney, has been ongoing for the last six years. Previous excavations have revealed several stone buildings, at least one of which had a complex sequence of occupation with interlinked hearths and runnels (narrow channels in the ground for liquid [...]
Copped Hall Trust Archaeological Project
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: By M25, between Epping and Waltham Abbey, Essex |
Dates: July (beginners), August (those who have learned the basics) |
Cost: £90 per week (£50 for taster weekends)
This year, CHTAP will be running a series of three Taster Weekends at Copped Hall, a ruined country house located near Epping in Essex. It is an important archaeological site with a complex sequence of building phases. Its recorded history starts in the 12th century. The Taster Weekends will be open to beginners in July [...]
Kent Archaeological Field School (KAFS)
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Teston and Hollingbourne in Kent
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Dates: July and August
2-5 June
1-19 August |
Cost: £25 per day for non-members, £35 per day for members
This year KAFS have organised a number of excavations for students of all ability levels. For those who have no digging experience, a training course will run in August at Abbey Barns Roman Villa in Faversham. Afternoons are spent digging with KAFS experts whilst specific topics are covered in morning classes, including excavating techniques, recording, [...]
