Season 1, Day 8 Day 8 continues with the excavation of roundhouse and enclosures and opens new trenches.
Season 2: Day 3 Day 3 at Little Asby and the excavations are well underway. We were blessed with sunshine all day!
Season 2: Day 4 DAy 4 and what a mixed bag of weather. This did not put off the keen and hardy volunteers who made great progress today.
Season 2: Day 5 Day 5 and work is well underway to reveal the secrets of the longhouse at the Little Asby community dig.
Season 2: Day 6 Day 6 and the northern weather decided to not play fair. Regardless, the volunteers worked hard and made great progress. Trench A looks fantastic!
Season 2: Day 7 Day 7 already of Season 2 at Little Asby community dig. Today brought us sun, rainbows and rain.
Season 2: Day 9 Day 9 and the sun has got his hat on. The volunteers were busy recording, cleaning and sampling.
Season 2: Day 13 Day 13 and the hard working volunteers continue to unravel the story at Little Asby.
Season 2: Day 14 Day 14 and we were joined by Year 10 and Sixth Form History students from Kirkby Stephen Grammar School.
Wintringham Heritage Day, Saturday 15th October 2022 In partnership with Urban & Civic, we will be presenting the latest findings from the largest excavation area of Iron Age and Roman settlement at Wintringham.
Fieldwalking with Genome Campus volunteers Read more about our afternoon spent fieldwalking with our Genome Campus volunteers.
May's #OAat50 highlights We started May by exploring Angel Meadow's in Manchester and then marked Local and Community History Month.
Season 1, Day 8 Day 8 continues with the excavation of roundhouse and enclosures and opens new trenches.
Season 2: Day 3 Day 3 at Little Asby and the excavations are well underway. We were blessed with sunshine all day!
Season 2: Day 4 DAy 4 and what a mixed bag of weather. This did not put off the keen and hardy volunteers who made great progress today.
Season 2: Day 5 Day 5 and work is well underway to reveal the secrets of the longhouse at the Little Asby community dig.
Season 2: Day 6 Day 6 and the northern weather decided to not play fair. Regardless, the volunteers worked hard and made great progress. Trench A looks fantastic!
Season 2: Day 7 Day 7 already of Season 2 at Little Asby community dig. Today brought us sun, rainbows and rain.
Season 2: Day 9 Day 9 and the sun has got his hat on. The volunteers were busy recording, cleaning and sampling.
Season 2: Day 13 Day 13 and the hard working volunteers continue to unravel the story at Little Asby.
Season 2: Day 14 Day 14 and we were joined by Year 10 and Sixth Form History students from Kirkby Stephen Grammar School.
Wintringham Heritage Day, Saturday 15th October 2022 In partnership with Urban & Civic, we will be presenting the latest findings from the largest excavation area of Iron Age and Roman settlement at Wintringham.
Fieldwalking with Genome Campus volunteers Read more about our afternoon spent fieldwalking with our Genome Campus volunteers.
May's #OAat50 highlights We started May by exploring Angel Meadow's in Manchester and then marked Local and Community History Month.
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Abbot's Vale Update 13: Roundup After an impressive 24 weeks and some 8.4ha of archaeology uncovered, our time on site is finally coming to a close. But really, the work has only just begun!
Uffington White Horse Surrounded by the traces of people that came before and after the chalk figure, the White Horse owes its survival to the local communities who have regularly been maintaining it over perhaps a hundred generations.
It's not all about digging... There's a lot more to archaeology than digging...This blog showcases the work OA specialists do to ensure our heritage is understood and preserved for future generations.
Hinxton An unexpected (but welcome) surprise Area 7 appeared to be a quiet area in terms of archaeology. Turns out it was hiding something special...
Hinxton Buried beads Read more about some of the grave goods found by our Finds Supervisor Hannah Pighills from burial soil samples collected at Hinxton.
Hinxton Community Fieldwalking with Genome Campus volunteers Read more about our afternoon spent fieldwalking with our Genome Campus volunteers.
#OAat50 Highlights January #OAat50 highlights To kick off OA's 50th birthday, we started with the finds that symbolise OA's three regional offices.