• Holme Cultram Abbey Excavations 2014 We have finished our 2014 excavation at Abbeytown and would like to say a big thank you to all the volunteers who helped us out on both sites, even turning up when it got very wet! Our aim for this excavation was to further our knowledge of the site and […]

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  • Grampus was recently awarded money from the Heritage Lottery Fund to continue with our work in and around Papcastle. We have started straight away with our new project, “Discovering Derventio”, with a community excavation at the bottom of Sibby Brow on the Papcastle side of the River Derwent, which has uncovered a series of buildings.

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European Funded Places…

Archaeology

“Graduate European Archaeology Skills Exchange” (GrEASE)

We have opportunities for final year students and recent graduates to join excavations in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Italy and Romania for 5 weeks under the Leonardo Da Vinci project.

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Traditional skills

“Placements in Environmental and Traditional Skills” PETS

This project will provide funded 4-week training opportunities for UK Initial Vocational Training students to learn a variety of traditional techniques and crafts across Europe.

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Environmental

“Placements in Environmental and Traditional Skills” PETS

This project will provide funded 4 week training opportunities for UK initial Vocational training students to learn environmental skills across Europe

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Upcoming Events

Feb
23
Mon
9:00 am Hidden Heritage Fieldwork – Geophysical Survey @ Tarns
Hidden Heritage Fieldwork – Geop… @ Tarns
Feb 23 @ 9:00 am – Mar 6 @ 4:30 pm
This is our first block of field work for 2015 under this project. We aim to look for the chapel of St Roche and have kindly [...]
Mar
21
Sat
all-day Post Excavation pottery Workshop 4 @ Wardell Armstrong Archaeology
Post Excavation pottery Workshop 4 @ Wardell Armstrong Archaeology
Mar 21 all-day
We have organised another day of finds washing, supervised by Megan Stoakley at Wardell Armstrong archaeology. This should see us finish the finds from the [...]
May
3
Sun
10:45 am EVEHD GERMAN ACTION
EVEHD GERMAN ACTION
May 3 @ 10:45 am – May 10 @ 11:45 am
The preliminary itinerary for the German action includes maintenance of the “health Wells” in Bad Duben and the structural repair of a well in Burgkemnitz. [...]
Jun
6
Sat
all-day Magic and Religion in Roman Britain workshop in York @ University of York
Magic and Religion in Roman Brit… @ University of York
Jun 6 all-day
We have booked tickets for this 1 day course on “Magic and Religion in Roman Britain” at the University of York. Considering the ritual element [...]

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