Season 2: Day 13 Day 13 and the hard working volunteers continue to unravel the story at Little Asby.
Season 2: Day 14 Day 14 and we were joined by Year 10 and Sixth Form History students from Kirkby Stephen Grammar School.
Update 7: Excavating a Roman kiln Read about a recent discovery of a Romano-British kiln on site at Wintringham.
Wintringham Heritage Day, Saturday 15th October 2022 In partnership with Urban & Civic, we will be presenting the latest findings from the largest excavation area of Iron Age and Roman settlement at Wintringham.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for, Aston Recording is a very important part of our process.
Barrowing to the Bronze Age Our archaeologist Ollie provides an update on the Bronze Age findings at Hinxton.
Trackways to the past In the latest post from our team at Hinxton, they start to find answers to some of the questions we have about a major trackway across the site.
Update 8: Soggy Bottoms Read about the conditions the Wintringham team have been battling with as excavations come to a close for the winter.
End? No the journey doesn't end here... It is exciting to think about what will be discovered further.
Ring around the ro-undhouse Our archaeologist Anna provides a glimpse into what's been found of two Iron Age roundhouses near Grange Farm at Alconbury Weald.
Update 9: The story so far... Read about some of the findings on Site 3 to date, as the team close down excavations over winter and start planning our return in March.
Buried beads Read more about some of the grave goods found by our Finds Supervisor Hannah Pighills from burial soil samples collected at Hinxton.
Fieldwalking with Genome Campus volunteers Read more about our afternoon spent fieldwalking with our Genome Campus volunteers.
Weeley published in Current Archaeology OA has published an article about the excavation at Weeley in Current Archaeology magazine.
Season 2: Day 13 Day 13 and the hard working volunteers continue to unravel the story at Little Asby.
Season 2: Day 14 Day 14 and we were joined by Year 10 and Sixth Form History students from Kirkby Stephen Grammar School.
Update 7: Excavating a Roman kiln Read about a recent discovery of a Romano-British kiln on site at Wintringham.
Wintringham Heritage Day, Saturday 15th October 2022 In partnership with Urban & Civic, we will be presenting the latest findings from the largest excavation area of Iron Age and Roman settlement at Wintringham.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for, Aston Recording is a very important part of our process.
Barrowing to the Bronze Age Our archaeologist Ollie provides an update on the Bronze Age findings at Hinxton.
Trackways to the past In the latest post from our team at Hinxton, they start to find answers to some of the questions we have about a major trackway across the site.
Update 8: Soggy Bottoms Read about the conditions the Wintringham team have been battling with as excavations come to a close for the winter.
End? No the journey doesn't end here... It is exciting to think about what will be discovered further.
Ring around the ro-undhouse Our archaeologist Anna provides a glimpse into what's been found of two Iron Age roundhouses near Grange Farm at Alconbury Weald.
Update 9: The story so far... Read about some of the findings on Site 3 to date, as the team close down excavations over winter and start planning our return in March.
Buried beads Read more about some of the grave goods found by our Finds Supervisor Hannah Pighills from burial soil samples collected at Hinxton.
Fieldwalking with Genome Campus volunteers Read more about our afternoon spent fieldwalking with our Genome Campus volunteers.
Weeley published in Current Archaeology OA has published an article about the excavation at Weeley in Current Archaeology magazine.
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Abbot's Vale Update 3: Teamwork We enjoy the simple things on site each day: a good cup of tea and biscuits…a lot of biscuits!
Abbot's Vale Update 2: Why are you here? When we’re on site, we quite often get asked the question “why have you decided to dig here?”
It's not all about digging... There's a lot more to archaeology than digging...This blog showcases the work OA specialists do to ensure our heritage is understood and preserved for future generations.
Abbot's Vale Update 3: Teamwork We enjoy the simple things on site each day: a good cup of tea and biscuits…a lot of biscuits!
Abbot's Vale Update 2: Why are you here? When we’re on site, we quite often get asked the question “why have you decided to dig here?”