As we descend through the infill of our Iron age ditches and pits more beautiful examples of local pottery emerge.Here is a selection of sherds from the same Grey Ware vessel which has been decorated by rouletting – a decorative technique where a small, toothed wheel or notched tool is rolled against a spinning clay…
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It’s cooler, we’ve had a bit of rain, but the clay is still baked hard and our trowels just seem to polish the surface!
Nevertheless we’ve made some wonderful discoveries, and the afternoon cake has been top notch!
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Derek, an Associate of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and Co-founder of Pre-Develop Archaeology Ltd., brings over three decades of expertise in contract archaeology. Additionally, he oversees three community excavation projects. Abstract: In this talk Derek will provide a round-up of the work completed so far at Nassington and what has been learnt
Excavations at a Roman Farmstead, Nassington, our 10th year of digging Read More »
Simon is a Senior Project Manager at MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) and based at their Northampton office. He manages large archaeological projects from inception to archive across the country, with a focus on the Midlands. He is also Ia keen supporter of MOLA’s public impact work and has appeared on recent series of Digging
We are delighted and very excited to announce that registration for this year’s excavation of the Roman farmstead site at Nassington will open on Saturday 30th May. The application form will be available to download on this date from the Resources section of our website. For all the information you’ll need please read our FAQs. If you
Nassington excavation 15th-29th August 2026 Read More »
Once again, we’ve enjoyed a very successful year, with members participating in lectures, visits andvarious other activities. Our lecture programme has seen us moving in and out of the Roman period, beginning lastSeptember with Stuart Orme telling us about medicine and surgery in the Roman empire, DerekRoberts giving us an update on our excavations at
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The Prehistory of Street House Street House, in North East Yorkshire is remarkable for the wealth of prehistoric deposits that have been excavated in the last ten years. Starting with a Neolithic salt making site and associated settlement, excavations in the last two years have now revealed further Late Neolithic- Early Bronze Age ceremonial sites
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Initial results from the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Excavations. Between July 2022 and June 2024, MOLA undertook excavations ahead of the construction of the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvement Scheme. The sites revealed information about how Iron Age pioneers ventured into the claylands of Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to expand their settlements,
In the last week we have found that our dig director Derek Roberts is unlikely
to be able to be here this year due to some family health issues that he needs
time to deal with.
We wouldn’t be able to do this without him, so we have regrettably decided to
cancel the 2025 excavation at Nassington…
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