Review: The World of Stonehenge at the British Museum
Of course everybody has heard of Stonehenge; is there anyone you know who hasn't? Nearly as many people have visited it, but not nearly...
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Ian Parker-Heath
- Apr 20
We're ready to go with this year's CPD days for Teachers!
It's time to announce the dates for this year's CPD days for teachers. We are offering two workshops this year - Prehistory in the Peak...
Ian Parker-Heath
- May 27, 2020
What’s In Your Parish? King Sterndale.
We’ve had occasional posts here about looking at Archaeology and history where you live. We may well be many weeks into the lockdown with...
Nancy Detchon
- Mar 2, 2016
More Must Farm findings!
Back in December I visited the excavations at a site called Must Farm near Peterborough. It is a fantastically preserved Bronze Age house...
Nancy Detchon
- Jan 19, 2016
Derbyshire Archaeology Day 2016
Assembling for the day! A full house anticipated. Saturday 9th January saw the 25th Derbyshire Archaeology Day unfurl its wings at its...
Nancy Detchon
- Dec 21, 2015
Must Farm – A Bronze Age house and more!
Last week I have the opportunity of visiting Must Farm, a Bronze Age settlement site, with members of the Prehistoric Society. Right...
Nancy Detchon
- Jun 17, 2015
Places we visit – A weekend at Bryn Celli Ddu and more!
As we hit summertime, well in theory anyway, archaeologists up and down the country can be found out doing what most people think they do...
Nancy Detchon
- May 21, 2015
Another busy week with KS2 workshops in Halifax and Buxton!
Well its been another busy week here at Enrichment with KS2 workshops in Halifax and more locally – at the school where three of my...
Nancy Detchon
- May 14, 2015
Stone circle found on Dartmoor but which is it?
Barbrook I stone circle in the Peak District. There is a great deal of interest currently in a stone circle, which has been found on...
Nancy Detchon
- Apr 23, 2015
The things you find when you upgrade a railway: prehistoric butter churn?
There has been a lot of talk in the media over the years about developments such as Crossrail, HS1 and HS2, especially about the cost of...
Nancy Detchon
- Mar 30, 2015
Its not all Bronze in the Bronze Age!
One of the metaphorical things about archaeology is that archaeologists like to put real things into categories so they can make sense of...
Nancy Detchon
- Feb 25, 2015
Art, Cave Art and Prehistory: A Study day.
The day has something for everyone who wants to know more about art in prehistory. There are short talks from 6 leading experts in the...
Nancy Detchon
- Jan 19, 2015
Stone Age to Iron Age in Cheshire
What a wonderful day we had in Cheshire! Armed with our trenches, tools and artefacts, Dr Ian Parker Heath (trusty archaeologist husband...
Nancy Detchon
- Jan 18, 2015
Teaching ‘changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age’
At the end of my prehistoric archaeology workshops, teachers often say to me that they have learned as much as the children have. Of...
Nancy Detchon
- Nov 19, 2014
Archaeology Day at Garstang
I love delivering Archaeology Days, because Archaeology Days allow time for me to really develop children’s interest and enable them to...
Nancy Detchon
- Jul 22, 2012
Rainy walks, barrow building and the Peak District Award
The last week saw my continued work with the Park Rangers, Rose and Steve, at FitzHerbert Primary School in Fenny Bentley, culminating on...
Nancy Detchon
- Jun 29, 2012
Digging, barrow-building and the Peak District Award
I spent a lovely afternoon with pupils and teachers from FitzHerbert CE Primary School in Fenny Bentley yesterday. I was there with two...
Nancy Detchon
- Jun 21, 2012
The Megalithic Portal Live in the Peak District…
Some of you may already know about the The Megalithic Portal, a website which describes itself as the top destination for Prehistoric and...
Nancy Detchon
- Mar 27, 2012
Schools visit the Arbor Low Environs Project
The first two days of the Arbor Low Environs Project dig this year have been a resounding success. I’m not so much talking about the...
Nancy Detchon
- Feb 13, 2012
Discovering Prehistoric Buxton!
The brief from Burbage Primary School was quite specific – a day that would take the children away from the school grounds, discover the...