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Nancy Detchon
May 11, 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 6, 2015
KS2 Roman archaeology workshop in New Brighton!
As it is all about the Romans, we’re going have to talk about pottery. But, not only that, the children are also going to be making their...
Nancy Detchon
May 5, 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 1, 2015
KS3 @TMAKirton uncover the past!
KS3 at Thomas Middlecott Academy in Kirton, Lincs get to grips with archaeology! Yesterday Enrichment, in the form of Ian and I, were at...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 28, 2015
Roman London – a new perspective.
One of the things we try to do here at Enrichment is bring you news of lectures, seminars and other presentations where you can get to...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 25, 2015
ANZAC day : A WWI war memorial to Gallipoli campaign
War memorial commemorating the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 Today is ANZAC Day and it is perhaps more poignant than ever with it being the...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 24, 2015
The edge of the Roman Empire is rescued!
If someone asked you if you knew of Alauna, chances are you’d say no. If someone asked you if you’d heard of Maryport, a few of you might...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 23, 2015
The things you find when you upgrade a railway: prehistoric butter churn?
There has been a lot of talk in the media over the years about developments such as Crossrail, HS1 and HS2, especially about the cost of...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 22, 2015
Were our ancestors cannibals?
The subject of cannibalism in prehistory is one that has rumbled on in archaeological circles for quite some time and it has recently...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 21, 2015
FAO teachers in Cheshire: July excavation at Norton priory
One of the things we want to do here at Enrichment is to let people know about the world of archaeology. I bet that the first thing that...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 21, 2015
The Palaeolithic – Part 3: the things people made and used
Archaeologists are, of course, very interested in the things that people in the past made, used and eventually disposed of. We have just...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 7, 2015
Keep on track with an archaeology app?
There’s an app for everything right? Well it certainly seems that way, and like many other things in our increasingly busy lives,...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 3, 2015
What do archaeologists actually do? A HERO from Cheshire!
I am often asked, “well, what do archaeologists actually do? Well, actually there are a lot of different answers to that question. The...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 2, 2015
A matter of life and death: large medieval cemetery in Cambridge.
A report published yesterday has revealed a large cemetery in Cambridge which has been dated to the medieval period. The site was...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 1, 2015
Places we visit: Eyam isn’t just the plague, try the Museum too!
As archaeologists Ian and I love nothing better than wandering around archaeological sites, ruins and museums. Of course this doesn’t...
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