What's on?

Wednesday at Bar Hill
 We will be carrying on holding meetings at the Oxford Archaeology East HQ at Bar Hill during August and September as we carry on assessing finds from the Wimpole parterre garden. We hope to have more tutorials to refresh our memory of specific pot...
Lectures
 Our Winter lecture series starts on 9th October when Dr Abby Antrobus will talk on "A house platform, aisled building and other remains at Low |Road, Burwell". Lecture held at the McDonald Building, Downing Street, Cambridge from 7.30pm.
Fieldwork
 We completed our excavation at the Wimpole parterre garden when the trenches were filled in at the end of September. We are still processing the finds and a lecture at the CAS November Conference will discuss the findings.

Latest articles & reports        (more)

Ickleton Full Draft Report
 The full report for our excavations at Ickleton can now be viewed or downloaded from the Articles and reports drop down above.
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Parterre excavation 2023 Draft
 Excavation on the parterre north of Wimpole Hall of five small trenches by members of CAFG confirmed the position of the red brick walls of Thomas Chicheley’s 1650s garden.
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Fieldwalking and Field Drain Finds
 An often ignored type of find is the humble field drain. Learn more about them and their history...
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Identifying military shell casings
 An article on how to identify the source and date of manufacture from the head stamps of typical WWII shell cases.
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In the Footsteps of Fox Part 1
 Cambridge Archaeology Field Group has been fieldwalking since 1978. We have been invited to produce these posters, by the McDonald Institute and Magdalene College based upon our work.
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In the Footsteps of Fox Part 2
 Part 2 of the poster
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The Orwell Dornier
 This article concerns one night during WW2 over Orwell and how a field walking find brought it to our attention.
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The Bullock Road
 The Huntingdonshire Bullock Road is an ancient drove route, believed to be of early medieval date, which appears to respect county, hundred and parish boundaries.
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Clopton Fieldwalking Report - Phase 2
 Phase 2 of our field walking on sites near the Deserted Medieval Village of Clopton form October to November 2020.
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Belham Hall, Childerley Report
 Field walking and metal detecting at Belham Hill, Childerley Estate.
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Clopton Fieldwalking Report - Phase 1
 Field walking on sites near the Deserted Medieval Village of Clopton
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Reach Villa Report
 A comprehensive review and interpretation of the field walking finds from this site
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Querns and quernstones
 A lesser category of finds is worked stone. Quern stones are the most common type of worked stone found. This article goes into more detail about some of the various types.
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Who made this clay pipe?
 Common finds during our field walking are clay pipes. This article discusses how their maker can sometimes be determined and how to do it.
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Bronze and Iron Age Hoards
 Robert Skeen shares his interest in the hoards of the Bronze and Iron Ages.
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Wimpole: silent voices and deserted homes
 The full main report of our HLF funded project at Wimpole is now available for download. Appendices giving detailed information are available on request.
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