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 [...]
Meillionydd
Location: Meillionydd near Rhiw, Llyn Peninsula, North-West Wales |
Dates: 01-27 July |
Cost: Free
Advance Archaeology
Location: Cumbernauld, and site near Stirling |
Dates: 19 August-30 August 2013 |
Cost: £550.00
This August, Advance Archaeology will be investigating and recording two conflict sites. The first is a WWII ‘Starfish’ Command Bunker located in Westfield, which was built as part of the Clyde Anti Aircraft Battery. Participants will help identify the extent of decoy defences in the local area, and establish why the bunkers were placed a [...]
Dyfed Archaeological Trust
Location: South and West Wales |
Dates: Throughout 2013 |
Cost: Free
Dyfed Archaeological Trust has many exciting opportunities to get involved with throughout the year. The CALCH project, for example, is investigating the forgotten history of the lime industry on the Black Mountain, located in south-east Wales. There are all sorts of ways to take part, from excavation to research, with no experience necessary. There is [...]
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 [...]
Cultural Tourism Ireland, Black Friary, Trim
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Blackfriary, Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland |
Dates: Check website for details |
Cost: 1-day adventure €125, 1-week adventure €550
Cultural Tourism Ireland provides the opportunity for anyone to become an archaeologist. Volunteers can participate in both day and week-long archaeology adventures at the 13th-century site of Blackfriary Dominican Abbey. Day courses are ideal for those seeking a brief taste of life as an archaeologist, while the week-long courses provide plenty of excavation experience under [...]
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, [...]
CSV Heritage Camps (Cathedral Camps)
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: All over the UK |
Dates: July and August
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Cost: £200
CSV Heritage Camps is an exciting volunteering opportunity that gives young people the chance to participate in the care of some of the greatest examples of historical architecture. Each summer in July and August, CSV runs a series of residential camps that are ideal for anyone who may have an interest in heritage conservation or [...]
The Sussex School of Archaeology
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Different locations in Sussex |
Dates: March-December
8 October
15 October |
Cost: Most courses £30
The Sussex School of Archaeology is a new and exciting venture providing archaeology courses to the general public, as well as more specialised training courses for amateur and professional archaeologists. They will run a series of day schools, evening classes and trips, together with practical training courses to suit the interested armchair archaeologist as well [...]
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 [...]
The Lost City of Trellech Project
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: North-East Gwent, Wales |
Dates: 13 July-11 August |
Cost: Free, but donations welcome
Monmouth Archaeology Society (MAS) will be conducting their 12th year of excavations at Trellech – one of the largest medieval settlements in Wales. The project’s primary aim is to record and better understand the development of the site. This year, the project will focus on the formerly bustling main high street., with finds usually dating [...]
Newbarns Project
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Newbarns, between Colvend and Sandyhills
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Dates: 1–28 July, 2–29 September
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Cost: £45 per week up to 2 weeks then free (booking Fee £20 when accepted)
In the months of July and September, the Newbarns Excavation in Scotland will be investigating a prehistoric cemetery area comprising three Kerb Cairns set into the end of a drained loch. Among other features, cremation deposits inserted into the cairns and shrines are led into by apparent cobbled pathways and beautifully constructed Portal Ways leading [...]
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 [...]
Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland |
Dates: 15 June – 05 July
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Cost: £1400 inc travel, food, and accommodation (Undergraduate credits are available for an additional charge of £216)
For over six years, the Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot (SERF) project has been investigating a rich archaeological landscape in the heart of Scotland. The project has uncovered over 4,000 years of occupation, from the creation of large ritual monuments during the early prehistoric period, through the emergence of a Pictish royal centre, to post-Medieval [...]
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. [...]
Bamburgh Castle
March 13, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland
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Dates: 03 June – 28 July
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Cost: £235 per person per week (4% surcharge if paying by Paypal)
Bamburgh Research Project runs a summer field school at BamburghCastle in Northumberland, and another excavation at the nearby Bradford Kaims wetlands. Participants get to excavate on both sites, experiencing the very different styles of excavation and investigation that each site demands. Bamburgh was the capital of Saxon Northumbria and has been continuously occupied for well [...]
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 [...]
