public outreach

Grand designs: Exploring the largest ever prehistoric reconstruction at Stonehenge

A huge replica of a Neolithic hall, based on archaeological evidence excavated at Durrington Walls, has opened at Stonehenge. Carly Hilts reports.

Current Archaeology’s July Listings: exhibitions, events, and heritage from home

There are lots of great ways to get involved with history and archaeology over the next few months, including exhibitions, lectures, and conferences exploring a wide range of subjects. If you would prefer to get your heritage fix from the comfort of your sofa, though, there is a variety of resources on offer online, too, from virtual site tours and digital offerings by museums to podcasts, TV shows, and more. Kathryn Krakowka has put together a selection of some of the options available.

Current Archaeology’s June Listings: exhibitions, events, and heritage from home

Opposite Overlooking WallCAP’s excavation at Cam Beck, near Castlesteads fort one of over 15 sites on the Roman frontier that the initiative has investigated.

No stone unturned: new insights from community archaeology on Hadrian’s Wall

Over the last three years, the WallCAP community project has carried out illuminating archaeological fieldwork at more than 15 sites on and around Hadrian’s Wall. With the initiative now drawing to a close, Rob Collins and Jane Harrison explore some of its key findings.

CBA Festival of Archaeology 2022

This July, the Festival of Archaeology returns with a wonderful array of events, resources, and activities taking place around the UK and online. The theme of
the 2022 Festival is ‘Journeys’, ranging from personal journeys to trade routes and migrations. Here is a selection of some of the options available this year.

‘Disappearing’ Hadrian’s Wall ditch marked in Cumbria

The ditch was not recorded on English Heritage’s 2010 Hadrian’s Wall map and was thus in danger of fading from written records.