Green Hammerton Archaeology Society

Upcoming Event – “The pre-history of Street House, from the Neolithic and early Bronze Age: salt to ceremony” – 19th June

By Chris | June 7, 2026June 7, 2026 by Chris

This talk is going to be fascinating as, for over 6,000 years, the fields of Street House in Loftus have been a hub of community life and work. Dr Stephen Sherlock will highlight insights from excavations that reveal significant local discoveries across various eras. The findings reveal Neolithic stone art that highlights ancient creativity, as well as Bronze Age stone circles that suggest ritual significance. There is also evidence of early salt-making, which underscores its…

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Upcoming Event – AGM and Neolithic Vale of York, 26th September

By Chris | September 20, 2025September 20, 2025 by Chris

The next Green Hammerton Archaeology Society event is a double header! On Friday 26th September we’ll be hosting our Annual General Meeting followed by a talk by community archaeologist Jon Kenny on the Neolithic Vale of York. The AGM All are welcome to come and listen to the Annual General Meeting, ask questions and express interest in getting involved. There will be a short summary of work over the past year and brief reports. There is…

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Upcoming Event – 27th July – What Lies Beneath Green Hammerton?

By Chris | July 20, 2025July 20, 2025 by Chris

Reminder about our next event – next weekend on Sunday 27th July! 1430 start time. What Lies Beneath Green Hammerton? Roman Road Dig: The Results! As part of The CBA Festival of Archaeology we are delighted to invite you to a talk by Dr Andrew Woods and Chris Holloway. Come and discover what we found during our recent community dig led by Community Archaeologist Dr Jon Kenny. The past beneath your feet! This talk will…

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Upcoming Talk – Landscape and Social Change in the hinterlands of Roman Aldborough – 17th June

By Chris | May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 by Chris

In 2007, a Roman period lead-lined coffin was discovered at Hundayfield Farm, Grafton. This discovery lead to a large-scale landscape and geophysical survey of the surrounding area, prior to a 12 month programme of excavation. In this talk, Dr Nick Wilson will discuss the results of his research which looked at how the nearby Roman period settlement of Isurium Brigantum (Aldborough) influenced both the organisation of the landscape and the social changes which occurred there.…

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Upcoming Talk – Knaresborough Hoard, 28th February

By Chris | February 10, 2025February 23, 2025 by Chris

On Friday 28th February we’re hosting our first event of 2025; come and learn about the mystery of the Roman Knaresborough Hoard – local history on your doorstep! In 1864 the country’s largest ever discovery of late Roman copper-alloy vessels was made near Knaresborough. Recent work by a team based at Newcastle University, in collaboration with the Yorkshire Museum, has led to fresh understanding of this amazing hoard. Prof James Gerrard, an archaeologist based at…

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Upcoming Talk – Beyond Viking Yorkshire 19th November

By Chris | October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 by Chris

Join us for our next event on Tuesday 19th November from 1930 at Green Hammerton Village Hall. Beyond Viking Yorkshire – Alex Harvey When the Great Heathen Army conquered York in 866, what effect did this have on the hinterlands of the city? How did the local folk of pre-Yorkshire react? What, even, was Yorkshire like at this time, long before the shirring system divided the lands into the county we know (and love) today?…

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Our first excavation

By Chris | September 12, 2024September 20, 2024 by Chris

Last weekend we undertook our first excavation, excavating the surface of the Roman road in Green Hammerton. The work was split over two days, and we were very well guided by Jon Kenny to make sure we were doing things properly. Day 1 Local resident Chris was on hand first thing to take off the top layer of the surface with his mini-digger. This was an absolute godsend as it saved us a lot of…

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Fieldwalking Day – 1st September

By Chris | September 2, 2024October 19, 2024 by Chris

We had a great day field walking this past weekend – thanks to all those who came down to help and those that made a donation to help us run further activities! All very much appreciated! For this session we covered part of the upper end of the field, closer to houses: The conditions on the ground made it trickier than the stretch of fields at the bottom that we covered last year, but nevertheless…

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Upcoming Event – Walking Tour of the Archaeology of Green Hammerton

By Chris | June 28, 2024July 13, 2024 by Chris

As part of the CBA Festival of Archaeology we are holding a walking tour to share more about the archaeology and history of the Green Hammerton parish. The walk will be on Sunday 21st July starting at 2pm beginning outside the Green Hammerton Village Social Club. It will last around an hour followed by a short session back at the club showing some of our finds so far. Cost is £5pp with under 12s free…

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CBA Yorkshire Forum Article

By Chris | March 11, 2024October 19, 2024 by Chris

The report from our fieldwalking work has now been published in the Council for British Archaeology – Yorkshire Forum journal. We’re really proud of the work that you did with us on the field walking and it’s great to be able to share it with the wider region in what we hope will be the first of many articles. One of the photos from the field walk was even chosen as the cover image for…