Activity Dates & Maps
Number of activity dates on file = 9. Non-members are welcome - but please read the notes at the bottom of the page...
| DATE(s) | TIME | LOCATION | ACTIVITY | DETAILS | CONTACT | 21-03-2020 | 11.00 - 14.45 | Whitley Chapel Village Hall | AGM and Two Talks: Andy Curtis 'Technology and Home Access', Margaret Collins 'Old Melrose' | Andy Curtis 11.15 - 12.30 Margaret Collins 13.15 - 14.45 Please bring a packed lunch, hot drinks available | altogetherarchaeology@gmail.com | 15-04-2020 | 09.00 - 18.00 | Tour to Melrose: | Meet at Tyne Green Hexham at 09.00 (free parking) Bring a packed lunch/drink. | Visit to the Cistercian Abbey in Melrose Town. Headphones provided. Followed by a conducted tour of the earlier monastery at Old Melrose. Margaret Collins will link the history of the two abbeys. Cost £26 pp includes transport and entrance fees. | altogetherarchaeology@gmail.com PLEASE BOOK YOUR PLACE | 11-05-2020 to 30-05-2020 | 09.30 - 16.00 | Gueswick Hills, Near Cotherstone. Teesdale | 2020 Excavation | Following the successful exploratory work done in 2019, we will continue the excavation. REST DAYS Tues 19th & Sun 24th MAY | altogetherarchaeology@gmail.com | 13-06-2020 to 14-06-2020 | tbc | Alston | Test pitting in local gardens and school playing field | This is a joint project with the Alston History Group, The Epiacum Trust and Altogether Archaeology | altogetherarchaeology@gmail.com | 05-06-2020 to 14-06-2020 | 10.00 - 16.00 | Harehope Quarry, Frosterley | 'Authentic Pottery Workshops' with Richard Carlton and a geology talk/guided tour of the site by Jill Essam as the pots are being fired! | The cost for the workshops is £30 pp Booking is essential .The pots we produce will be fired on site. | altogetherarchaeology@gmail.com | 22-09-2020 | 11.00 - 15.00 | Edmundbyers Village Hall | Anglo-Saxon Church Stone Sculpture Drawing Class (limited numbers - booking essential) | Sheila and Andrew Newton will lead the workshop. Real artefacts to observe and draw include the St Botolph's head carving excavated in 2014. Also a window frame from Lindisfarne church and Lantern Chapel from the 2018 dig. | altogetherarchaeology@gmail.com | 31-10-2020 | tbc details to follow | Wooler | Yeavering Bell Walk lead by Paul Frodsham | Meet at Wooler, then car share. A strenuous walk up to the summit of Yeavering Bell. Height 355m. Paul will spend time looking at the landscape and sharing with us his understanding of this enigmatic site. | altogetherarchaeology@gmail.com | 07-11-2020 | 11.00 - 15.00 | Mickleton Village Hall | Two Talks | Brian Page 'The Station in the Hills' The route of the railway from Stanhope to the Hownsgill Viaduct and Peter Leech 'Eastern end of Stanhope and Tyne Railroad' The creation and development of the line from Consett to South Shields - effect on the region | altogetherarchaeology@gmail.com | 05-12-2020 | 10.15 - 15.00 | St John's Chapel | Christmas Do | altogetherarchaeology@gmail.com |
1) All events in the programme are free to members of Altogether Archaeology unless otherwise stated. For insurance reasons you must be a member to excavate, otherwise non-members are welcome to join us at all other events, subject to the availability of places. Please check in advance. Charges for non-members are: talks £3; walks & workshops £5.
2) Dogs - We regret that dogs are not permitted on any of our walks. Some walks cross private land (with the owner’s permission) and on access land we often need to leave public footpaths in order to visit archaeological sites.
Venue Location Maps
| Doe Park (Gueswick Hills) | Doe Park on Google |
| Bowes and Gilmonby Village Hall | Bowes-View on Google |
| Eastgate Village Hall | Eastgate-View on Google |
| Holwick Excavation | Holwick-View on Google |
| Marwood Social Centre (Village Hall) | Marwood-View on Google |
| Mickleton Village Hall | Mickleton-View on Google |
| Middleton - in - Teesdale Village Hall Gas Lane - (Immediately passed the Primary School) | Middleton-in-T-View on Google |
| St John's Chapel Town Hall | St John's Chapel on Google |
| Whitley Chapel Parish Hall | Whitley-View on Google |