Cambridge Archaeology Field Group

What's on?

	Wednesday at Bar Hill
	We will be carrying on to hold meetings at the Oxford Archaeology East HQ at Bar Hill during November, partly to carry on assessing previous finds and any from field walking at Eltisley.
	Lectures
	Our next lecture meeting at the MacDonald Institute on December 6th will be a follow-up by Paddy Lambert on further excavations at Priors Hall, Corby.
	Fieldwork
	We will try to field walk on the 10th Dec at Eltisley provided that the weather forecast does not get any worse. Please check if in any doubt.

Latest articles & reports (more)

	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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	Ickleton draft reports
	We now have drafts reports available for 2019 and 2020 excavations at Ickleton. These can be viewed or downloaded from the Articles and reports drop down above.
	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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Finds Workshops

During 2012-2013 we are running a series of informal finds workshops, primarily for the less experienced fieldwalker as a guide to what to pick up, although anyone is welcome to come along. These will be held at our Bar Hill meeting place, 15 Trafalgar Way, at 7.30 pm. Our programme is:

2012
19 September flint
17 October clay pipes
21 November pottery

2013
16 January QGIS
27 March QGIS repeat

The workshop on bricks has been postponed until the Autumn

Cambridge Archaeology Field Group

Actively contributing to archaeology in the Cambridgeshire area.

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