Festival of British Archaeology Event

Mini Excavation Activity

From 10.00am to 3.00pm at Community House, The Old Workhouse, 75 Allhallowgate, Ripon.

An opportunity to experience the excitement of a mini table-top dig involving skills and archaeological methods learned from our team of archaeologists. The Ripon Community Archaeology Project began in 2002 as part of the activities of the Ripon Local Studies Research Centre. The project comprises more than a dozen volunteers from all walks of life, overseen by professional community archaeologist Kevin Cale, meeting weekly. Over the last eight years the project has studied existing records, historic maps, aerial photographs and other documents relating to parishes in the Ripon area. This process has resulted in over 3,000 records held in the project database. This data is handed to the County Heritage Environment Record in Northallerton. Our event this summer focusses on activities for the family. During the day there will be opportunities for children to experience simple guided excavations in a number of boxes under the guidance of Kevin Cale, Community  Archaeology Limited.

Further information avrilgray@tiscali.co.uk
Tel: 01765 601734

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