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View the 2017 Digs Guide as it appears in issue 326 of Current Archaeology magazine.

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Les Varines

Les Varines, a Magdalenian settlement approximately 14,500 years old, is an exceptional site which has yielded thousands of stone artefacts, preserved animal bone, pits, hearths, paved areas and, most exceptionally engraved stones. These have recently gained international media attention and were featured in BBC2’s Digging for Britain. Key skills taught include excavation, recording, use of […]

Location: Jersey, Channel Islands | Dates: You have a choice of two 2-week stays with us: Field Season Part 1 (15th-29th July 2018) or Field Season Part 2 (29th July - 12th August 2018), though participants are welcome to join us for the full 4 weeks of the season. | Cost: £1250 for two weeks
NORTH DUFFIELD CONSERVATION AND LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY - Ouse and Derwent Project

Ouse and Derwent Project

We have been granted HLF funding to investigate Iron Age settlement in the southern Vale of York following a successful dig between 2012 and 2014. The site has numerous crop marks of Iron Age date and geophysical survey has revealed many more Iron Age features not revealed in crop marks. We appear to have an […]

Location: North Duffield, North Yorkshire | Dates: 22nd September to Friday 5th October 2018 | Cost: Free
Scremby

Scremby Osteology Field School

An archaeology field school run by the University of Sheffield. ​ The 2018 season will run in two sessions, from 1st July to 13th July, and 15th July – 27th July. Both sessions follow the same schedule. We are now accepting applications from international and UK students. Based near the village of Scremby on the […]

Location: Scremby, Lincolnshire | Dates: Two sessions: [1st to 13th July 2018] & [15th to 27th July 2018] | Cost: £1099 per two week session (inclusive of teaching, course materials, accommodation and all food)
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Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project

SHARP (the Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project) is a long-term, independently-run archaeological project with the primary objective of investigating the entire range of human settlement and land use in the north-west Norfolk parish of Sedgeford. Established in 1996, SHARP is one of the largest independent archaeological projects in Britain and is firmly rooted in […]

Location: Sedgeford, Norfolk, UK | Dates: Sunday 1 July to Friday 10 August 2018. We work Sunday to Friday with Saturdays off. | Cost: Various depending on whether only volunteering vs doing a course; waged or unwaged; staying on campsite or off site; with or without catering. As a guide: Volunteer only, camping: £235 waged, £195 unwaged. Courses, camping: £490 waged, £340 unwaged. See website for full details.
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Discovering Dorchester 2018 Fieldschool

2018 will see the Discovering Dorchester team return to the Dorchester on Thames allotments trench to investigate the archaeology of a Romano-British ‘small town’ for the last time. Dorchester is a key site in English, and indeed British, history, being one of few sites in the country where settlements dating from the late Iron Age […]

Location: Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire | Dates: Undergraduate Fieldschool: Sunday 24th June to Friday 6th July 2018 Public Fieldschools: Sunday 8th to Friday 13th July 2018 & Sunday 15th to Friday 20th July 2018 | Cost: Two week Undergraduate Fieldschool: £600 (includes food and a camping pitch). One week Public Fieldschools: £275 (not including food or accommodation)
RAMPART SCOTLAND - Battle Hill

Battle Hill

Battle Hill Huntly is the latest season in a 19 year programme of research and excavation to explore the archaeology of Aberdeenshire. The project is open to anyone, and is a fun and relaxed way to explore Scotland’s amazing past! We pick you up, take you to and from site and you have your own […]

Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire | Dates: 6th to 17th August 2018 | Cost: £800 for the two weeks, daily and weekly rates available on request.