Tomorrow sees the start of National Archaeology Week (intriguingly it runs for 9 days – 12th July – 20th August) and there is a wide and very varied series of events around the country that anyone can join in with. The Portable Antiquities Scheme is going to be at a huge variety of these, so if you see someone in one of our T-shirts, please come and say hello. If you are on Facebook, then perhaps consider joining their group.
Examples of activities include:
The Old Oswestry Hillfort Festival 2008
Sat 19 July 11.00-16.00
The Recreation Ground, Llwyn Road, Oswestry (next to Old Oswestry hillfort ~ follow signs for hillfort from A5 ~ parking at Gatacre Sports Ground a 5 minute walk from the venue) A celebration of Old Oswestry hillfort and its place in the community with hands-on activities, demonstrations, information and fun for all the family. Old Oswestry is probably the finest hillfort in the Welsh Marches and has recently been provided with both improved physical access and enhanced public information. This festival will take place on the Recreation Ground right next to the hillfort and will include activities for all ages e.g. clay-working, wattle-and-daubing and a chance to sample some recipes from the past. There will be demonstrations of lost skills, Portable Antiquities Scheme Archaeological Finds Identification and guided walks around the hillfort as well as a display telling the story of the site and presenting current and future plans. FREE EVENT!
Contact: Shelagh Lewis, Old Oswestry Local Archaeology Group, .
T: 01743 271706
E: shelagh228@MSN.comPeter Reavill, our FLO for Herefordshire and Shropshire will be there and he says:
“I will be running one of the standard archaeological identification sessions so people can bring anything with Mud on It to me for ID / recording. The Wrexham Heritage Society will be there with a metal detecting display of finds and also talking about what they do. The guided walks of the hillfort should be fab as this sort of thing hasn’t happened for free before. More information about the hillfort see http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/history/2003/12/old_oswestry.shtml or
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.00100100101300800200c
Archaeology units are also getting in on the act, for example a young consultancy in the East End of London, LP Archaeology are running an event around their Prescot Street dig. If you haven’t seen their excellent website, then it is definitely one of the best excavation sites I have seen. They have flickr feeds, video, blogs and local stories to vividly retell the tale of the area. Well done. They will be having a series of talks that you need to book into, make sure you do!
The Scheme is provisionally involved in the following events. Call the named person (details found under www.finds.org.uk/involved/contacts.php) to make sure the event is still going ahead. Some events are under threat of being cancelled due to local factors.
| Day | FLO | Event | Location | Times |
| 12-Jul-08 | Anna Tyacke (Cornwall) | Finds Day & Display of Finds. Also Tour of Archaeological Site | Boden, Manaccan, Lizard, Cornwall | 11:00 onwards |
| 12-Jul-08 | Frances McIntosh (Cheshire, Gt Manchester & Merseyside) | Finds Day & Object Handling | Warrington Museum, ? | no details |
| 12-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | YAC (not public event) | Lancaster City Museum, Lancashire | 10:00-13:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Finds Day & Object Handling | Lancaster City Museum, Lancashire | 14:00-17:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Anja Rohde (Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire) | Finds Day & Object Handling | Chesterfield Museum, St Mary’s Gate, Chesterfield, Derbyshire | 10:00-14:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Wendy Scott (Leicestershire & Rutland) | Finds Day, Roman coin Display, Children’s Activities | Jewry Wall Museums, Leicester, Leicestershire | 11:00-16:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Naomi Payne (Somerset) | Finds Day | Wells Museum, Somerset | 11:00-15:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Katie Hinds (Wiltshire) | Finds Day | Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, Wiltshire | 10:00-16:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Kurt Adams (Gloucestershire & Avon) | Finds Day | Kings Weston Roman Villa, near Bristol | 10:30-16:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | David Williams (Surrey) | Finds Day | Guildford Museum, Surrey | 11:00-13:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Frank Basford | Finds Day | Newport Roman Villa, Isle of Wight | 10:30-15:30 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen (Dorset) | Finds Day | Priest’s House Museum and Garden, Wimborne Minster, Dorset | 10:00-16:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Julian Watters (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire) | Finds Day | Luton Museum, Luton | no details |
| 12-Jul-08 | Lisa Staves (North Lincolnshire) | Family Activities | North Lincolnshire Museum, Scunthorpe | 11:00-15:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Laura Burnett (Sussex) | Finds Day | Old Town Hall Museum, Hastings, East Sussex | 11:00-15:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Liz Andrews-Wilson (N&E Yorkhire) | Finds Day & Object Handling | Yorkshire Museum, York | 11:00-16:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Kate Sutton (London) | Finds Day | Kingston Museum, London | no details |
| 12-Jul-08 | Rachel Atherton (Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire) | Finds Day, Object Handling & Children’s Activities | Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derbyshire | 11:00-16:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Mark Lodwick (Wales) | Family Activities | National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon | 11:00-16:00 |
| 12-Jul-08 | Mark Lodwick (Wales) | Family Activities | National History Museum, St Fagans, Vale of Glamorgan | no details |
| 13-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Finds Day & Talk (PAS) – part of CBA North West event | Ravenglass, Cumbria | no details |
| 13-Jul-08 | Katie Hinds (Wiltshire) | Finds Day | Lydiard Park, Swindon | 13:00-16:00 |
| 13-Jul-08 | Kurt Adams (Gloucestershire & Avon) | Finds Day | Grove Park, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset | no details |
| 13-Jul-08 | Laura Burnett (Sussex) | Finds Day | East Grinstead Museum, West Sussex | 14:00-17:00 |
| 13-Jul-08 | Rob Webley (Hampshire) | Finds Day | Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth, Hampshire | 10:00-16:30 |
| 13-Jul-08 | Mark Lodwick (Wales) | Family Activities | National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon | 11:00-16:00 |
| 13-Jul-08 | Mark Lodwick (Wales) | Family Activities | National History Museum, St Fagans, Vale of Glamorgan | no details |
| 14-Jul-08 | Amy Cooper (S&W Yorkshire) | Finds Day | Doncaster Museum, South Yorkshire | 14:00-16:00 |
| 14-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Object Handling for Schools (not public event) | Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport, Cumbria | no details |
| 14-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Finds Day & Object Handling | Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport, Cumbria | 13:00-17:00 |
| 15-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Object Handling for Schools (not public event) | Beacon, Whitehaven, Cumbria | 10:00-12:00 |
| 15-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Finds Day | Beacon, Whitehaven, Cumbria | 13:00-16:00 |
| 15-Jul-08 | Laura Burnett (Sussex) | Finds Day, Object Handling & Family Activities | Marlipins Museum, Shorham, West Sussex | 11:00-14:00 |
| 15-Jul-08 | Rob Webley (Hampshire) | Finds Day | Basing House, Basingstoke, Hampshire | no details |
| 16-Jul-08 | Amy Cooper (S&W Yorkshire) | Finds Day | Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham, South Yorkshire | 14:00-16:00 |
| 16-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Object Handling for Schools (not public event) | Penrith Museum, Cumbria | no details |
| 16-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Finds Day & Object Handling | Penrith Museum, Cumbria | 13:00-17:00 |
| 17-Jul-08 | Laura Burnett (Sussex) | Finds Day, Object Handling & Family Activities | Crawley Museum, Goffs Park House, West Sussex | 14:00-17:00 |
| 17-Jul-08 | Ros Tyrrell (Buckinghamshire) | Talk (PAS) | Wycombe Museum, Berkshire | 12:30 |
| 17-Jul-08 | Naomi Payne (Somerset) | Talk (PAS) | Langport Library, Somerset | 14:30 |
| 17-Jul-08 | Liz Andrews-Wilson (N&E Yorkhire) with YAT | Finds Day | Barley Hall, 2 Coffee Yard, off Stonegate, York | 11:00-11.45 & 13.15-14:00 |
| 17-Jul-08 | Liz Andrews-Wilson (N&E Yorkhire) with YAT | Talk (PAS) – pre-book | Barley Hall, 2 Coffee Yard, off Stonegate, York | 12:00-13:00 |
| 17-Jul-08 | Mark Lodwick (Wales) | Family Activities | National History Museum, St Fagans, Vale of Glamorgan | no details |
| 18-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Finds Day | Kendal Museum, Cumbria | 13:00-16:00 |
| 18-Jul-08 | Rob Webley (Hampshire) | Finds Day | Andover Museum, Hampshire | 11:00-16:00 |
| 18-Jul-08 | Mark Lodwick (Wales) | Talk (PAS) | National History Museum, St Fagans, Vale of Glamorgan | no details |
| 19-Jul-08 | Anna Tyacke (Cornwall) | Egyptian Extravaganza (Family Activities) | Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, Cornwall | 10:00-16:30 |
| 19-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Finds Day, Object Handling & Family/Children’s Activities | Lancaster City Museum, Lancashire | 11:00-13:00 & 14:00-17:00 |
| 19-Jul-08 | Laura Burnett (Sussex) | Finds Day | Chichester Museum, West Sussex | 10:30-13:30 |
| 19-Jul-08 | Anja Rohde (Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire) | Finds Day & Object Handling | Milgate Museum, 48 Milgate, Newark, Nottinghamshire | 10:30-12:30 |
| 19-Jul-08 | Anja Rohde (Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire) | YAC (not public event) | Milgate Museum, 48 Milgate, Newark, Nottinghamshire | no details |
| 19-Jul-08 | Frances McIntosh (Cheshire, Gt Manchester & Merseyside) | Finds Day & Object Handling | Manchester Museum | no details |
| 19-Jul-08 | Steve Ashby (Northamptonshire) | Object Handling | English Heritage Festival of History, Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire | 09:30-18:00 |
| 19-Jul-08 | Ros Tyrrell (Buckinghamshire) | Finds Day | Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | no details |
| 19-Jul-08 | Kurt Adams (Gloucestershire & Avon) | Finds Day | Bristol City Museum | 10:30-16:00 |
| 19-Jul-08 | Rob Webley (Hampshire) & Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen (Dorset) | Finds Day | Red House Museum, Christchurch, Dorset | 10:00-12:00 & 13:00-15:00 |
| 19-Jul-08 | Liz Andrews-Wilson (N&E Yorkhire) with YAT | Finds Day & Displays | DIG, St Saviourgate, York | 11:00-15:00 |
| 19-Jul-08 | Kate Sutton (London) | Object Handling | Museum of London | no details |
| 19-Jul-08 | Peter Reavill (Herefordshire & Shropshire) | Finds Day | Old Oswestry Hillfort (Llwyn Recreation Ground), Oswestry, Shropshire | 11:00-16:00 |
| 19-Jul-08 | Mark Lodwick (Wales) | Talk (PAS) | National Museum, Cardiff | no details |
| 19-Jul-08 | Rob Collins (North East) | Finds Day & Display | Binchester Roman Fort, Co. Durham | 10:00-17:00 |
| 19-Jul-08 | David Williams (Surrey) | Finds Identification and other activities | Surrey History Centre, Working, Surrey | 10:00-16:00 |
| 20-Jul-08 | Steve Ashby (Northamptonshire) | Object Handling | English Heritage Festival of History, Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire | 09:30-18:00 |
| 20-Jul-08 | Lizzie Gill (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough) | Finds Day & Family Activities | Wandlebury Iron Age Fort and Country Park, Cambridgeshire | 11:00-16:00 |
| 20-Jul-08 | Katie Hinds (Wiltshire) | Finds Day & Mystery Object Competition | Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes, Wilshire | 11:00-16:00 |
| 20-Jul-08 | Kurt Adams (Gloucestershire & Avon) | Finds Day | Warmley Gardens, South Gloucestershire | 10:30-16:00 |
| 20-Jul-08 | Kate Sutton (London) | Object Handling | Museum of London | no details |
| 28-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Finds Day & Family Activities | Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, Cumbria | 13:00-16:00 |
| 29-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Finds Day & Object Handling | Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria | 10:30-12:30 & 13:30-16:30 |
| 30-Jul-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Finds Day & Object Handling | The Guildhall, Carlisle, Cumbria | 13:00-16:00 |
| 01-Aug-08 | Dot Bruns (Lancashire & Cumbria) | Object Handling | Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, Cumbria | 13:00-16:00 |
So if you’re interested in Archaeology, then please do support this excellent week and the work of all involved.