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Neolithic Britain – Part 1
Introduction As with our earlier posts on the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, we are going to break down the Neolithic in Britain to more...
Nancy Detchon
Dec 1, 2015


Manchester Archaeology Day (@DGM_Archaeology)
The Peel Building, University of Salford Saturday saw the 9th Manchester Archaeology Day – and this was an excellent chance to catch up...
Nancy Detchon
Nov 30, 2015
Ancient Mesopotamia in Whaley Bridge!
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 &...
Nancy Detchon
Nov 27, 2015
KS2 teachers: Comings and goings on TV, museums and more!
Well, while schools are getting settled in and universities are gearing up to the new academic year, here are a few items from the world...
Nancy Detchon
Sep 15, 2015


More startling Neolithic discoveries!
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...
Nancy Detchon
Sep 7, 2015
Horizon’s First Britons
Last week the BBC aired the latest documentary in the Horizon franchise – First Britons. Since then there has been a lot of to-ing and...
Nancy Detchon
Aug 24, 2015


Things to do in the summer holidays!
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...
Nancy Detchon
Aug 19, 2015
KS2 British prehistory – summer of action pt3
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...
Nancy Detchon
Jul 28, 2015


KS2 British Prehistory – Dorstone Hill weeks 3 and 4
As promised Ian visited a number of excavations last week including Dorstone Hill – here’s his report. Hi everyone! Nice to be back after...
Nancy Detchon
Jul 27, 2015
KS2 British Prehistory – a summer of action pt2!
The summer of fantastic excavations on some of the most interesting sites from British Prehistory continues and now you can see some of...
Nancy Detchon
Jul 20, 2015


KS2 British Prehistory – Dorstone Hill excavations
Hello again! Now, as I blogged briefly the other day, a team from the University of Manchester led by our friend Prof Julian Thomas, has...
Nancy Detchon
Jul 8, 2015


KS2 British prehistory – a summer of action!
If you are a Key Stage 2 history teacher/co-ordinator, this summer sees some really important excavations on famous and less famous...
Nancy Detchon
Jul 6, 2015
Calling KS3 History teachers in Manchester!
While we specialize in archaeology here at Enrichment, we’re not averse to giving mentions to heritage-related events that catch our eye....
Nancy Detchon
Jun 30, 2015


Archaeology in Anglesey – there’s so much! (Pt 1)
Well, it was good to get home after a weekend away in Anglesey and North Wales. We were so busy and saw so much I’m going to have to do...
Nancy Detchon
Jun 22, 2015
Iron Age Orkney – follow The Cairns Project now!
Thank goodness for the internet. Can you imagine the trouble we’d have catching up with excavations from all corners of the country...
Nancy Detchon
Jun 19, 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
Jun 17, 2015


Tools and evolution – worth revisiting.
Back in January BBC Radio 4’s History of Ideas broadcast a piece by Dr Matt Pope of University College London in which he explored the...
Nancy Detchon
Jun 15, 2015

Mesolithic Britain: First things first!
Welcome to part one of our look at the Mesolithic period in the Prehistory of Britain! In this, we try to include the basics – what you...
Nancy Detchon
May 13, 2015


Stones of Power? Megaliths and Politics.
War Memorial at Saltburn, N Yorks Hot off the press is the latest blog from  one our favourite archaeologists – The Urban Prehistorian...
Nancy Detchon
May 11, 2015


KS2 Teachers – Roman Britain on BBC 4 tonight!
This Roman fort at Hardknott Pass in Cumbria dates to the 2nd century CE. As part of our efforts to keep you abreast of things...
Nancy Detchon
May 5, 2015
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