Saveock Water is a multi-period excavation site dating from the Mesolithic to the 17th century. A new area was opened at the end of last season, which dates from early Bronze Age and features a prehistoric hearth and furnace. During the first week students will be taught basic excavation techniques, planning, section drawing, context sheets [...]
Saveock Water Archaeology
March 12, 2013 By Filed Under: Fieldwork
Location: Saveock Water |
Dates: 07-11 April, 14-18 April, main dig season is 02 June-29 August
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Cost: £200 per week (non-refundable), optional lunch an extra £25 per week
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 [...]
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 [...]
