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Cotswolds
Archeoscan
Until 17 July
Archeoscan gives people the chance to participate in excavations at exciting sites in the Cotswolds area. All ages can participate, no experience is required, and all necessary equipment and tuition is provided. For the past three seasons, they have been uncovering some of the remains of a fortified medieval manor potentially dating to the 11th-15th centuries, which appears to be arranged around a courtyard with associated barns and stabling yet to be explored.
http://www.archeoscan.com; contact archeoscan@hotmail.co.uk to join the mailing list and book dates for excavations.
Cost: £40/person/day, single- and multiple-day bookings welcome. Price includes equipment hire but meals and accommodation are not included. Under-16s welcome but must be accompanied by a fee-paying adult; same price for adults and children.
Gloucestershire
Archeoscan
3 August-28 August
As well as the Cotswolds site described above, Archeoscan are also excavating a large Roman site in Gloucestershire, where they are exploring the remains of an early Roman villa and associated aisled barn within a larger Iron Age and Roman landscape. The 2025 season will continue to uncover a possible bath house.
http://www.archeoscan.com; contact archeoscan@hotmail.co.uk to join the mailing list and book dates for excavations.
Cost: £40/person/day, single- and multiple-day bookings welcome. Price includes equipment hire but meals and accommodation are not included. Under-16s welcome but must be accompanied by a fee-paying adult; same price for adults and children.
Gloucestershire
Search for the Lost Village of Sudeley
Sudeley Castle
21 October-2 November
Join DigVentures for their second year of searching for a lost medieval village in the grounds of Sudeley Castle. The settlement is named in the Domesday Book and was occupied for 400 years, but in the 15th century it vanished from the records, and its location became forgotten – until new evidence from LiDAR imagery suggested a likely site, which this year’s excavation will continue to explore.
http://www.digventures.com/projects/sudeley-castle/crowdfund
Cost: two-day dig: £380 (waiting list for single-day experience); week-long dig: £900; two-week dig: £1,600; student discounts are available.
Nottinghamshire
Post-Fieldwork Training School 2025
King’s Clipstone, Sherwood Forest
20-24 October
This Mercian Archaeological Services training school is designed to give participants an understanding of what is involved in the post-excavation process for finds, ranging from initial cleaning and processing through to specialist analysis, illustration, and preparation of discoveries for publication. All work will be supervised by experienced tutors, with finds training led by Mercian’s ceramic specialist David Budge. Participants will gain experience of handling and identifying finds, as well as receiving training in archaeological drawing techniques and archaeological GIS (Geographic Information Systems), including working with survey data, preparing maps, and creating and working with 3D models.
http://www.mercian-as.co.uk/postexcavation_fieldschool.html
Cost: £450/person or £350/student (in full-time education 18 and under, Student NUS card holder or international equivalent, Distance Learning, etc); accommodation is not provided.
Running a project? Get in touch!
If you are running an excavation that members of the public can participate in (anywhere in Britain and Ireland) and would like to highlight your project to our readers, please email us at cp@currentpublishing.com.
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