The University of Exeter will continue excavation at the Romano British site near Ipplepen, South Devon, from 27 July to 24 August 2013. Ipplepen is a large scale dig where geophysical surveys have uncovered evidence of an extensive settlement including roundhouses, quarry pits and track ways. Previous excavation work revealed the remains of a round house, [...]
Digging Roman Devon
April 16, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Ipplepen, south Devon |
Dates: 27 July-24 August |
Cost: £200 per week
Archeoscan
Location: Hanging Hill, on the edge of the Cotswold scarp between Bristol and Bath |
Dates: 01 September-01November most days |
Cost: £20 per day (reductions for longer-term attendance)
Archeoscan is planning to excavate again this year on a Roman site located between Bath and Bristol. In 2012, a combination of geophysics and an evaluation excavation revealed the presence of a series of high-status Roman buildings located close to the old Roman road to Bath, set on the stunning Cotswold scarp. The aim of [...]
Bingham Digs
Location: Bingham, South Nottinghamshire |
Dates: Second half of April-July |
Cost: Free
Bingham Heritage Trails Association is currently working on an HLF-funded project called the Roots and Development of Bingham, which will finish in January 2015. One part of the project involves detailed studies of a number of old houses in Bingham, a market town in south Nottinghamshire. The other part is a programme of 1-metre test [...]
Poulton Research Project
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Poulton, Cheshire |
Dates: 25 March-26 April, 24 June-30 August
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Cost: Ranges from £80-£125 per week depending on dates and duration
Poulton is a multi-period rural site located three miles south of Chester. It has yielded evidence of almost 9,500 years of human activity. This season (running from March-August), the project will be concentrating on the Medieval chapel graveyard so participants will be excavating and recording human remains. Past excavations in the area have uncovered 650 [...]
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 [...]
Binchester Excavation Project
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Binchester, County Durham
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Dates: 03 June – 26 July
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Cost: TBC
Binchester Excavation Project is a five-year programme of large-scale seasonal fieldwork that began in June 2009 at Binchester Roman Fort in Bishop Auckland. The archaeological dig involves students from institutions including Durham University, Stanford University California and members of the Architectural & Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland. This year the excavation will focus on [...]
Vindolanda
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Behind the mid-point of Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland |
Dates: Monday to Friday (weather permitting) from 1 April-06 September
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Cost: See website for details
Unfortunately the 2013 excavation season is fully booked, but excavations will be continuing in 2014. For those who are interested in excavating here next year, applications open on the website on 1 November 2013, and it is advised that you apply quickly – all places were full within an hour for this year’s dig! Minimum age [...]
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, [...]
Dales Heritage Field School
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Chapel House Wood, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire
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Dates: 07-26 July
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Cost: £15 per day, minimum 3 days
The Yorkshire Dales Landscape Research Trust will be carrying out further archaeological investigation at Chapel House Wood, a complex multi-period landscape in the YorkshireDalesNational Park. The excavation, which will commence in July, will focus on a Roman Iron Age farmstead with iron and lead working. Training will be provided in earthwork survey, geophysics and excavation. [...]
Caerleon Samian Group
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon |
Dates: Tuesday mornings, October to December |
Cost: Free - but participants must enrol as a volunteer with the National Museum of Wales
This year, the Caerleon Samian Group will be running a course at the National Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon. The project aims to record all the Samian ware (a type of luxury pottery from the Roman period) from Wales and look for chronological and other patterns. This season there will be an emphasis on plain [...]
Archaeology Live!
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: City of York
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Dates: 12 weeks from 24 June-13 September
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Cost: Prices vary on duration
This summer, Archaeology Live! will be investigating the medieval church of St John in the Marsh, Hungate, York. The site could contain archaeology from the Romans through to the Victorians, but our main goal will be to see how much of the footprint of the medieval church survives. During Archaeology Live! participants excavate and record [...]
Piddington Excavation
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Piddington, Northamptonshire
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Dates: 28 July-27 August |
Cost: Check the website for more details
The Upper Nene Archaeological Society (UNAS) will be undertaking their 35th season of excavation at Piddington Villa in Northamptonshire. This fascinating multi-period site features a Romano-British villa complex, as well as a late Iron Age settlement. The excavation will run from the end of July to the end of August. Preference is given to applicants [...]
Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project (SHARP)
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Sedgeford, Norfolk |
Dates: 07 July-16 August
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Cost: From £80-£290 per week
This long-term, multi-period, multi-disciplinary research project is one of the largest independent archaeological projects in Britain. Its primary objective is to work with the local community to investigate the entire range of human settlement and land use in the Norfolk parish of Sedgeford. Although only a relatively small village, Sedgeford has an incredibly rich heritage [...]
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 [...]
Ashtead Roman Villa and Tile Works
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Ashtead Roman Villa, Ashtead Common, Ashtead, Surrey
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Dates: 28 August-01 September, 04-08 September, 11-15 September
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Cost: £5 per day, or free to Roman Study Group members
Surrey Archaeological Society is planning an eighth season of excavation at Ashtead Roman Villa and Tileworks. Volunteers are invited to take part across three weeks in August and September. In 2012, the team developed their knowledge of the early buildings west of the Roman ‘villa’, and this work will continue in 2013. Questions raised by [...]
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, [...]
The Silchester Field School 2013
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Silchester Roman Town, near Reading, Hampshire
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Dates: 01 July- 11 August
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Cost: £75 - £275 per week depending on experience
The 2013 FieldSchool will see its 17th season of excavation at the Silchester Town Life Project. This site, located just ten miles from Reading, is unusual because it was completely abandoned during the 5th century. The excavations focus on Insula IX, an industrial and commercial district at the heart of Silchester. This season, which runs [...]
Rocky Clump
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Rocky Clump, Stanmer, Britghton |
Dates: 30 March-End of October
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Cost: £12 society membership (£6 for students)
Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society are continuing their excavation at Rocky Clump, a Romano-British farming settlement in Stanmer, near Brighton. The site is a Late Iron Age to 4th century AD Romano-British enclosure and farmstead. Features include numerous post holes and pits, and a series of very large ditches forming an earlier enclosure. One area [...]
Winchester -Guildford – London Roman Road
March 12, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Four Marks and Cheriton, Hampshire |
Dates: March-September 2013
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Cost: £10 to join society, £6 for training manual
NEHHAS Field Archaeology Branch will be digging at a site off the A31 at Four Marks, near Alton Hants. Participants will have the opportunity to experience the main tasks associated with an excavation under the supervision and guidance of a member of the society. There is also a training exercise (5-day minimum) that participants can [...]
The Durotriges Big Dig
March 12, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Dorset |
Dates: 03-28 June
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Cost: TBC
In June 2013, Bournemouth University will be running their final year of excavations. The site is a late Iron Age ‘banjo’ settlement containing round houses, work surfaces, storage pits and the footings of a Roman masonry building. The site is located in the beautiful county of Dorset, which has one of the best-preserved archaeological landscapes [...]
