Go digging!
Following on from our special sections in CA 422, 423, and 424,
this selection of summer digging opportunities includes projects
in Gloucestershire, the Cotswolds, and Nottinghamshire.
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Go digging!
Following on from our special sections in CA 422 and 423, this selection of summer digging opportunities includes projects in Derbyshire, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, and Stirling.
ARCHEOSCAN 2025
Archeoscan provides opportunities for public involvement in archaeology, including giving people the chance to participate in archaeological excavations at exciting sites in the Cotswolds area. They also assist communities in conducting geophysical surveys
Go digging!
Following on from CA 422, this selection of summer digging opportunities includes projects in Aberdeenshire, Essex, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Nottinghamshire.
Go digging!
With the summer digging season rapidly approaching, we will be running a series of spreads highlighting digging opportunities across Britain and Ireland. This month features projects ranging across the South-East, the Midlands, and Wales – do get in touch if you would like to highlight your excavation to our readers in a future issue.
Experience Geophysical Survey Days
Location: Welby Deserted Medieval Village, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Price: £50 per person per day, or a full week (Monday-Friday) for £200 2025 dates: 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th & Saturday 29th March *Please note accommodation is not
Experience Digging Days
Location: King John’s Palace Excavation in Sherwood Forest Price: £75 per person per day, or a full week (Monday-Friday) for £300 2025 dates: April 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (Saturday), 21st, 22nd,
Artefact Illustration Course 2025
Location: King’s Clipstone Price: £200 per person 2025 dates: 28th & 29th April, and 16th – 17th October *Please note accommodation is not provided* This two-day course, lead by experts from Mercian Archaeological
Exploring Landscape Archaeology Course 2025
Location: King’s Clipstone, and around Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire Price: £375 2025 dates: 2-6 June *Please note accommodation is not provided* This five-day Landscape Archaeology course by Mercian Archaeological Services combines classroom lectures, field visits,
Topographic Survey Training Course 2025
Location: Kings John’s Palace and the Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire Price: £350 per person 2025 dates: 6-10 October *Please note accommodation is not provided* In archaeology the ability to measure the location
Introduction to GIS in Archaeology
Location: Kings Clipstone, Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire Price: £250 per person 2025 dates: 12th – 14th November *Please note accommodation is not provided* This three-day training school by Mercian Archaeological Services is designed to provide participants with an
Mercian Archaeological Services: Bainbridge Archaeological Training Field School 2025
Location: Bainbridge, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire Price: £450 per person, or £350 per student (in full time education, NUS card holder or international equivalent*) 2025 dates: Week 1: 8th – 12th September / Week 2: 15th – 19th September *Please
Mercian Archaeological Services: Sherwood Forest Archaeological Training Field School
Location: King’s Clipstone, Nottinghamshire Price: £450 per person, or £350 per student (in full time education 18 and under, Student NUS card holder or international equivalent*, Distance Learning etc) 2025 dates: Week A: 21st – 25th July
Mercian Archaeological Services: Welby Archaeological Training Field School 2025
Location: Welby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Price: £450 per person, or £350 per student (in full time education 18 and under, Student NUS card holder or international equivalent*, Distance Learning etc) Dates: Week 1:
Mercian Archaeological Services: Post-Fieldwork Training School at King’s Clipstone
Location: King’s Clipstone, Nottinghamshire Price: £450 per person, or £350 per student (in full time education 18 and under, Student NUS card holder or international equivalent*, Distance Learning etc) Dates: 20th – 24th October 2025 *Please
Go digging!
Following on from CA 410, this selection of summer digging opportunities includes projects in North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Dorset, and Aberdeenshire.
Q&A with Lauren McIntyre – an introduction to human osteology
That’s why skeletal remains and mummies are so popular in museum exhibitions – people can relate to them in a way that not everyone can relate to other archaeological finds such as pottery.
Q&A with Vicky Nash – on community archaeology
When I have gone into schools to speak to children about our digs they are normally convinced that when they get on site they will be like Indiana Jones and uncover lots of treasure.
Q&A with Cat Jarma – on encouraging potential archaeology students
Archaeology is a subject with endless topics to specialise in, so a degree in archaeology can be useful in a great number of ways.
Q&A with site supervisor Lisa Westcott Wilkins
We have to move past the idea that building in a youth-focussed programme on a dig site is enough to inspire young people to get involved with archaeology.
Q&A with site supervisor Jacqui Wood
The most important quality we look for is enthusiasm and a love of all things in the past.
Q&A with site supervisor Graeme Young
A tough and comfortable pair of boots and clothing for all seasons should be on anyone’s list when they go digging in the UK.
Q&A with site supervisor Murray Cook
Always be willing to ask questions, no one ever gets it right first time and no one minds, we all did our first dig once!