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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General Roundup and Further Work. Many of you have been involved in our recent excavations at both of these Roman period farmsteads. Derek will provide us with a round-up of the work we have completed so far at these sites and what we have learnt about them. He will also give us an insight into
Nassington and Barnwell North Lodge Read More »
A site visit to the Cotterstock Villa. The walk will be led by Professor Stephen Upex and is kindly facilitated by the Richardson family. Cotterstock Villa is the largest known Roman villa in the Nene Valley area, discovered by a farm worker 264 years ago. The site visit will cover what is under the ground,
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