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...

Hey, we couldn’t resist this one – a school in Reading has come up trumps – a hoard of Roman coins has been discovered in its grounds!...

Its getting to that time of year when we begin to look around to what’s going to be happening in the archaeological world over the summer...

On the face of it, finding wheat DNA from a sample dated to 8,000 years ago shouldn’t be so exciting. After all, people had been growing...

Teaching ‘Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age’ is now required as part of KS2 History curriculum in England. For many...

What a wonderful day we had in Cheshire! Armed with our trenches, tools and artefacts, Dr Ian Parker Heath (trusty archaeologist husband...

At the end of my prehistoric archaeology workshops, teachers often say to me that they have learned as much as the children have. Of...

After delivering a workshop covering the Stone Age to Iron Age to Y4s at St Andrews CE Primary School in Levenshulme in October, the...

Y3s at Aughton St Michaels CE Primary School in Ormskirk became archaeologists for the morning when they excavated artefacts from the...

I love delivering Archaeology Days, because Archaeology Days allow time for me to really develop children’s interest and enable them to...

Some of you may already know about the The Megalithic Portal, a website which describes itself as the top destination for Prehistoric and...

The brief from Burbage Primary School was quite specific – a day that would take the children away from the school grounds, discover the...

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...

Interesting ideas for engaging children in archaeology are coming from Cadw and Archaeology Wales. On the back of their excavations in...