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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.

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...

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.  

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

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

Monyash and Elton Primary Schools visited us today and they’ve helped me write this blog by adding their thoughts on the day. Rowan said...

he sun was there to welcome us today, and Under Whitle Farm is a beautiful place to be on a sunny day – its not bad on a rainy day but on a

The past two weeks have seen us visiting all the schools (well nearly all) who are coming to help us out during our excavations, which begin

On Saturday 25th June, 2016, Peeling Back the Layers is having an Open Day and everyone is welcome!

The next major step is excavation, and although we are not lifting any turf until June 20th, now is the time when we have to think seriously

We didn’t just have schools visit the site during the survey, we also had group of enthusiastic children who are educated at home....

On Thursday 17th March,  11 pupils from Buxton Community School travelled to Under Whitle to take part in our survey. After arriving,...

Saturday saw the Young Archaeologist Club from Ilam visit Under Whitle for the second time. This time it was to get hands on with the...

Well, we are having a great time here on the survey. Already it is Day 3! Where has the time gone? Volunteers enjoying a well-earned...

Members of the TFIG and some of the project’s volunteers attended disability awareness training with Phil Chambers on Monday 7th March....

Today, I, along with Elspeth and Lynn, have been busy working on the practicalities of running a  Heritage Lottery Funded archaeological...

In between festive celebrations, the TFIG has been hard at work: recruiting volunteers; finding out about what we can do to make the...