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
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
