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…
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…
Our first fieldwork days are done! Thank you very much to everyone that came along to the open fieldwalking day on Sunday, as you can see from the photos we had a great turn out of both adults and younger archaeologists. The fieldwalking took place in the field close to Helensfield nature area, between New Lane and Red Lane: This field was chosen as it is the route the Roman Road takes from Skipbridge and…
On a sunny Saturday in June, several of the GHAS committee took part in a geophysics survey in Kirk Hammerton. There was an amazing turn out for this community archaeology day, with 60 members of the local community taking part. I think the fantastic weather really helped as well! The site in question is a investigation into a possible Neolithic henge at Kirk Hammerton, which Tony Hunt from YAA mapping has discovered. This has had…