The start of the fieldwork season.

With the warming weather (for truth be told we are rather fair weather archaeologists) we are now preparing for a new fieldwork season both at our Ancaster Roman site and on the Farndon Fields Stone Age site.

First up will be augering at Farndon Fields which will take place on Monday 23rd April. This is a vital part of building up a picture of the landscape as it would have appeared 14,000 years ago and also identifying the most likely strata in which elusive flint tools may be uncovered.

 Augering at Farndon Fields

Measuring and recording the recovered core 

Meanwhile we will be restarting excavations at Ancaster House in May. These are the excavations of a Roman Road and associated structures which have been ongoing for several years with each season producing ever more fascinating finds and helping us to build up a picture of Roman occupation in Ancaster which appears to cover almost the entire timeline of Roman settlement in Britain.

Cleaning back the Roman Road surface 

Retaining wall and Ditch beside the road

Fieldwork starts again at Ancaster on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th May and will continue throughout the spring and summer.

If you would like to take part in any of this fieldwork please contact Richard Tyndall