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…
We’re very lucky to have Tony Hunt (former Chair of the Council for British Archaeology in Yorkshire and currently supporting research attached to the Archaeological Department of Hull University) coming to talk to us about the use of drones and multispectral imagery in archaeology. It will be held at The Village Club on Wednesday 13th March with the talk starting at 1930. Entry will be £3 and hot drinks and biscuits will be provided. Tony…
We’ve made a start of some of the finds clean up from the field walking day. We’ve got through a few bags in an evening, so it’s a solid start, and I think we’ve got the procedure and method dialled in. We’ll look to organise more cleaning events over the coming weeks, so stay tuned for that! Thanks to all those locally that helped us with equipment donations, including the Bay Horse in Green Hammerton,…
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…
We’ve got exciting news from the GHAS committee – there’s an upcoming chance to get hands on in our search for the Green Hammerton Roman Road! We have permission with the landowner for a surface survey of the field between Ambretone Park and Helenfield. This has been organised around the current crop rotation so our access window is very limited. Consequently on Sunday 24th September we’re asking for your support in doing a field walk to look…
These events are not GHAS events, but of probable interest to those locally who have an interest in archaeology. On the 29th of September at 7.00pm Little Ouseburn Village Hall, the award winning author Harry Pearson will be giving a presentation about the Battle of Old Byland. This was a significant battle fought in 1322 during the Scottish Wars of Independence, between the forces of King Edward II of England and King Robert I (˜the…
As many of you will know, GHAS held a Finds Day at the end of last year, where people were invited to bring anything they had found of historical significance around the village. We had pottery, toys and figurines, maps and more brought to the Village club, where we photographed them and mapped out exactly where they were found to determine the archaeological hotspots around the village. This was very successful and one such example…
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…
I’ll be re-running our January talk on the archaeology research that we’ve done on Green Hammerton on Monday 12th June. This will be one of the Kirk Hammerton History Society monthly talks. So if you didn’t manage to attend the first time, or you would like to hear it again, please join us from 1930 onwards at the village hall in Kirk Hammerton.
We will be holding our second talk at Green Hammerton Village Club on Monday 24th April from 1930 onwards. In May 2020, two metal detectorists made an amazing discovery in a field near Ampleforth, North Yorkshire. Four spectacular yet diverse objects that were buried together some 1,800 years ago. The Ryedale Hoard contains some of the most significant artefacts from our region and offers fresh perspectives on Roman Yorkshire. In this talk Andrew Woods will share the story…