National Trust Activities during the Festival of Archaeology
National Trust Activities during the Festival of Archaeology
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Between the 16 to 31 July National Trust places up and down the country will be taking part in the Council for British Archaeology’s Festival of Archaeology.
Walks and talks with archaeologists will reveal how thousands of years of history have been woven into the countryside, live surveys and excavations will reveal secrets from the past and exhibitions will showcase finds from recent digs and searches.
Family activities including living history events with the chance to meet costumed characters from Anglo-Saxon and Roman times, historic arts and crafts (including pottery and mosaic making), sandpit digs and the opportunity to handle replica artefacts.
Click on the links below to be signposted to further information.
Online
An Evening with National Trust Archaeologists
South West
Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire – Life at Chedworth Roman Villa
Corfe Castle, Dorset – Corfe before the Castle
Corfe Castle, Dorset – Discovering Corfe Castle's landscape archaeology (Headline event)
Corfe Castle, Dorset – Journey through the past at Corfe Castle (Headline event)
Kingston Lacy, Badbury Rings, Dorset - Festival of Archaeology at Badbury Rings
Kingston Lacy, Badbury Rings, Dorset – Welcome to Badbury Rings
Wales
Powis Castle, Welshpool – Children’s archaeology activities
Castell Bach bay, Cwmtydu - Castell Bach Archaeology Day with CHERISH
South East
Bateman’s, East Sussex - Excavations at Bateman's, East Sussex
Butts Brow, East Sussex - Butts Brow Community Excavation - Changing Chalk
Petworth, West Sussex – Guided walk
Smallhythe Place, Kent - Archaeology on the Border – Excavations at Smallhythe Place
Knole, Kent - Family Monday at Knole
White Cliffs, Kent - Wanstone Rediscovered
Devils Punch Bowl and Hindhead Common Surrey - Hindhead Common and World War 2
Ankerwycke, Surrey - Revealing Ankerwycke
East
Sutton Hoo, Suffolk - Swords of Kingdoms: The Staffordshire Hoard at Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo, Suffolk Sutton Hoo- Royal Burial Ground guided tour
Sutton Hoo, Suffolk Sae Wylfings: Anglo-Saxon re-enactment at Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo, Suffolk Sutton Hoo- Gruesome Graves tour
Sutton Hoo, Suffolk Sutton Hoo- Anglo-Saxon costume making demonstration
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk - Oxburgh underfloor secrets
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk- Oxburgh underground secrets
Midlands
Longshaw Estate, Peak District - Spotter guide
Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire – Archaeology days
The Weir Garden, Herefordshire - Family archaeology days at The Weir Garden
Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire - Woolsthorpe Manor Field Survey
Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire - Woolsthorpe Manor Field Survey - Local Community Day
Long Mynd, Shropshire - Open day at Pole Cottage Excavations
North
Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens, North Yorkshire - Resurfacing the Great British Dig (*Hugh Dennis not included)
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, North Yorkshire - Fountains Abbey - revealing the mysteries beneath your feet
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, North Yorkshire - Fountains Abbey - the very latest discoveries!
