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Trench 3 Update
Along with the rest of the project, Trench 3 spent the beginning of this week preparing for the arrival of Time Team. This preparation included the planning of the southern end of the trench following the discovery of a number of features … Continue reading
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Trench 1 Update
This week in Trench 1, we planned and photographed the entire trench so that we can start excavating several features within it. With the help of Matt Williams of Channel 4′s Time Team, we put a section through a linear ditch that runs east to … Continue reading
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Bone Pendant
One of our star finds this week is a bone pendant that came up in finds washing: We’ll be able to tell you more about this lovely little object later this week, when Finds Supervisor Kate Clarke has been able … Continue reading
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Anglo-Saxon Stone Chair in Progress!
This week we’ve been working in partnership with Bamburgh Castle and Channel 4′s Time Team to produce a reproduction of an Anglo-Saxon stone chair. The reconstruction in based on a carved stone fragment that was found in the castle grounds in the nineteenth century, and … Continue reading
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PUBLIC LECTURE: The Bowl Hole Cemetery with Dr. Sarah Groves
Dr. Sarah Groves of Durham University will be speaking about her work on the Bowl Hole Cemetery on Saturday 24th July from 3pm at the Pavilion in Bamburgh village. The event is free, and is open to all – we … Continue reading
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Welcome to Team Time!
The BRP is welcoming the Channel 4′s Time Team to the Bamburgh Castle site today. They’ll be filming with us all week for an episode that will go out sometime next year. Former BRP student Georgie is making a return as part of the film … Continue reading
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