Derbyshire Archaeology Day 2017!
Large upright stones (orthostats) forming part of a linear feature at Gardom’s edge near Baslow. Yes, it’s that time of year again...
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Ian Parker-Heath
Dec 2, 2016
Greater Manchester Archaeology Day 2016.
Discussions start on some of the results of excavations by local societies. Last Saturday saw me in Salford, in the Grade II listed Peel...
Ian Parker-Heath
Nov 1, 2016
What are archaeologists up to in the autumn?
Now that the summer is just a distant memory many people think that archaeologists move indoors and do other things. Well, in part they...
Ian Parker-Heath
Jul 29, 2016
We’ve Peeled Back the Layers and been to Arbor Low.
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....
Ian Parker-Heath
Jun 27, 2016
We’re busy Peeling Back The Layers!
Paperwork! One of the teachers getting to grips with it! What a busy week we’ve had as we started work in earnest on Peeling Back The...
Nancy Detchon
May 27, 2016
While we’re talking Roman . . .
Catherine talking to Eileen Parker, one of the archaeologists on the project. Catherine and I had a little road trip this week when we...
Nancy Detchon
May 11, 2016
Preparation is key!
As some of you might know, Catherine and I are working closely with a local group who are exploring the history and archaeology of a...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 12, 2016
Excavating Roman Derby
You know you’re getting close when you see the sign! Last week I was despatched on a mission – to see how Trent & Peak Archaeology had...
Nancy Detchon
Mar 30, 2016
Local study, social history and archaeology in one place – pt 2 .
Sometimes churches can hold surprises and on occasion be the surprise itself. When Catherine ran a workshop in Surrey recently, I took...
Nancy Detchon
Mar 22, 2016
We’ve started to peel back the layers!
Those of you you who regularly follow us will know that we are involved in a community archaeology project called Peeling Back The...
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
Feb 17, 2016
Local study, social history and archaeology in one place.
St Peter’s, Titchfield, Hampshire. Churches are just one of our ritual sites. To paraphrase that Fast Show character “Aren’t churches...
Nancy Detchon
Feb 11, 2016
Excavating Roman Derby.
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...
Nancy Detchon
Jan 27, 2016
Stonehenge on the TV: can we ever have enough?
Members of the 2009 Stonehenge Riverside Project photographing the joints on the top of one of the uprights. Once again the nation’s...
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...
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