Welcome to the second of our blogs on the archaeology in your parish. In this one I’ll be looking at some of the archaeology and heritage...

The Vikings were in the East Midlands right? But you’d like to know more? Well over the summer we heard that a project was launched which...

Now that the summer is just a distant memory many people think that archaeologists move indoors and do other things. Well, in part they...

Well, what a busy time it’s been over here as we’ve had two projects running – Peeling Back the Layers and Arbor Low Environs Project....

Catherine talking to Eileen Parker, one of the archaeologists on the project. Catherine and I had a little road trip this week when we...

Sometimes churches can hold surprises and on occasion be the surprise itself. When Catherine ran a workshop in Surrey recently, I took...

Like many towns and cities, Derby has a long history and a surprisingly rich heritage. The story of Derby, or Derventio as it was once...

Catherine and I recently had the chance to visit the British Museum to catch two of their featured exhibitions – The Celts: Art &...

The arrival of 2016 has brought more archaeology programmes to our television screens with two new series airing this week. The BBC...

Last week I have the opportunity of visiting Must Farm,  a Bronze Age settlement site, with members of the Prehistoric Society. Right...

Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), which is a Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) funded project that encourages the voluntary...

Introduction As with our earlier posts on the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, we are going to break down the Neolithic in Britain to more...

It has been really busy of late, but we thought we’d share with you the fantastic time we had with the children of Class 5 at Taxal &...

As if this summer hadn’t given us enough to think about with the excavations we reported on at Marden, Avebury and Dorstone Hill in our...

Of course, it’s that time of year when parents, who may be teachers and vice versa, are looking for things to do with bored, restless and...

The busy summer of activity continues, and while some projects such as those at Dorstone, Marden and the Ardnamurchan Transitions Project...

This weekend saw me visit to 3 excavations of some importance in the story of our past. In terms of British prehistory the Neolithic is...

As promised Ian visited a number of excavations last week including Dorstone Hill – here’s his report. Hi everyone! Nice to be back after...

The summer of fantastic excavations on some of the most interesting sites from British Prehistory continues and now you can see some of...

Things are going nicely on top of Dorstone Hill. The second week of the excavation has revealed more of the structure and is looking...