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Well, last Friday Catherine and I went to our first awards ceremony! This was the 2017 East Midlands Heritage Awards supported by...

Come to the Staffordshire Peak District Apple Day!

Thanks to the Hartington Wakes committee, we had a stand in the marquee last Sunday for Peeling Back the Layers.

On Good Friday, some of the Peeling Back members enjoyed the spring sunshine in the lovely Dove Valley, walking from the farm at...

Sunday 16th July 2017    11am-4pm All Welcome! Welcome! Archaeology and history will come alive in the tranquil Dove Valley when you...

Last weekend saw Catherine and I travel to Birmingham to take part in the Council for British Archaeology’s West Midlands...

In case you did not know, Ian sent off a sample of charcoal found in the extension to Trench 3 for Radiocarbon dating (C14 dating).

Lynn Burrow nominated the Peeling Back The Layers project for a new award in November – ‘The Gordon Miller Award’.

The Tudor Farming Interpretation Group held a festive get together and lunch at the Cheshire Cheese pub in Longnor on Tuesday.

It may have been a bit quiet on the blogging front, but that does not mean to say that nothing has been happening since the last post.

An account by Sue Quick We brought the bags to tote the tools, The trowels, the togs, for rain and bogs...

Today was the last day of the excavations for Peeling Back the Layers, but it does not mark the end of the project.

During the two weeks prior to the start of the excavation, I accompanied Catherine on some of the in-school archaeological workshops. The...

Yesterday was stone finds day – how exciting.  We found two pieces of beautifully shaped mullion uprights in the debris from the demolition,

Today, three Year 10 students from Lady Manner’s joined us at Peeling Back the Layers for their first day of a week of work experience.  

One of our invaluable volunteers, Angela, sent me these photos of Ian and Margaret on Thursday. This was the day after a very wet Wednesday.

Day 10! Day 10 already. We can’t quite believe that we’re nearly at the end of week two.

Archaeologists and volunteers from the project were there having a pint or two and talking to other customers about what we are doing on the

....of excavations (better late than never ;-) ) Paperwork! One of the teachers getting to grips with it! What a busy week we’ve had as...

Have you ever heard of ‘A Pint of Science‘? Well, I hadn’t until a few weeks ago when I heard some scientists (who’d have guessed?) talking