Easter Sunday digging
Thanks to Vicki, Ian, Matthew and Robbie for joining me and my children today and for all their hard work. I hope they enjoyed themselves...
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Nancy Detchon
Apr 5, 2012
Arbor Low Environs Project – Back to Work!
All systems go! Tomorrow, the Arbor Low Environs Project Open Day will go ahead as planned so please do come along and visit us. For...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 5, 2012
Snow!
Unfortunately, the Arbor Low Environs Project has been put on hold due to the snow. We have been told that at Upper Oldhams Farm the snow...
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
Mar 12, 2012
Outreach at Arbor Low Environs Project
The week beginning the 25th March 2012 is the first week of the ALEP excavations this year and we have invited local schools to come and...
Nancy Detchon
Mar 1, 2012
Local schools to visit Arbor Low Environs Project
The Drs Parker Heath are currently very busy organising this year’s archaeological investigations close to Arbor Low and Gib Hill. 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...
Nancy Detchon
Feb 13, 2012
Hollinsclough Primary School
Hollinsclough is a very small village school which has opened its doors to home educators and their families every other Friday. The...
Nancy Detchon
Feb 13, 2012
Sheffield Elective Home Education Group
A flexible approach was needed with a group so disparate in age and previous knowledge, but everyone was able to get their hands dirty as...
Nancy Detchon
Feb 13, 2012
Arbor Low Environs Project: Test-pitting
We have now finalised the dates for the test-pitting in a field near Arbor Low. This phase of the project will run from 26th March – 7th...
Nancy Detchon
Feb 13, 2012
The first photos…
Here are the first of the photos of the finds from our field-walking expedition in November with Dr Hannah Cobb, Dr Ian Parker Heath and...
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