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Excavation Season 2012: Project Director’s Overview

Here at the BRP we are beginning to gear up for our annual training excavation at Bamburgh Castle and its environs, commencing June 3rd. Over the next few weeks we will hearing from staff about their hopes for the season. … Continue reading

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The Media Department

The media department at the Bamburgh Research Project follows the day to day activities of the project, recording them through photography and film. Over the past ten years the project has built up an extensive archive, documenting the work and … Continue reading

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New Vids!

The prehistoric wetland of Bradford Kaims, Northumberland has been investigated by the BRP since summer 2010. This new video shows the ‘dig for a day’ experience of volunteers from a Newcastle-based company who came to excavate at the site, exposing … Continue reading

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Paxton House in the Papers

The Berwickshire News recently featured an article about the Paxton Before the House project, with input from the University of Edinburgh’s Kristian Pedersen and the BRP’s very own Graeme Young. In addition, BRP Director Gerry Twomey will be producing videos … Continue reading

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Looking Back at Chronicle

As most of you are aware, the BRP has featured a lot in the British television media in recent months. We’ve had spots on the BBC’s Countryfile and Digging for Britain, and we’ll feature in an episode of Time Team … Continue reading

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Media Update

At the beginning of the week we covered the opening of our new project at the Bradford Kaimes. As well as filming the opening of the trenches, we had discussions with project leader Kristian Pedersen, to find out what they … Continue reading

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Digital Surveys Working Images

These are some of the amazing working images from Digital Surveys, who came in to begin survey work of the BRP’s archaeology over the weekend - thanks to Ben Bennett for allowing us to give you a sneaky peek at the work he’s doing! … Continue reading

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Digital Surveys On Site

Over the weekend, we had the pleasure of welcoming Ben Bennett of Digital Surveys to the Bamburgh Castle site. Ben spent some time creating laser generated three-dimensional images of both Trench 1 and Trench 3. These highly detailed images are … Continue reading

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BBC’s Countryfile Team at Bamburgh

Today Bamburgh village and Castle has played host to the BBC’s Countryfile team, who are filming in the village for an upcoming episode of the programme, which follows the people, places and stories making news in the British countryside. Presenter Ellie … Continue reading

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Media and Archaeology at the BRP

At the end of March, BRP Media Director Gerry Twomey gave a lecture at Bede’s World in Monkwearmouth & Jarrow about Media and Archaeology at the BRP. Following that lecture, I asked Gerry some questions about the media department at … Continue reading

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