Portable Antiquities Scheme Events

Exeter, Devon: Evening lecture by Geoff Egan. Base Lead: Some Remarkable Medieval and Later Finds Made of a Humble Metal.

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Base Lead: Some Remarkable Medieval and Later Finds Made of a Humble Metal.

Evening Lecture by Geoff Egan, Friday 9th April 2010, 7- 8pm.

The Music Room, Exeter Central Library, Castle Street, Exeter, EX4 4PQ.

Geoff Egan, finds specialist from the Museum of London and the Portable Antiquities Scheme will give an illustrated talk about some notable recent finds of this often overlooked metal. Early toys, mass-produced fashion accessories, pilgrims' souvenirs and labels for traded cloths like the famous Exeter serges of the 17th Century and more. Objects of lead have been the focus of several of the most fascinating advances in the understanding of medieval and early post-medieval material culture over the past twenty years.

Tickets £4

Too book tickets: please call the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception on 01392 665858.

PAS North East Competition

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

PAS North East Competition

The Finds Liaison Officers for the North East, would like to invite all metal detectorists that live in the North East of England (Teesside, Co Durham, Tyne & Wear, and Northumberland) to participate in a finds identification competition.

The prize is a paid place for 1 week on a community archaeology excavation in the North East to learn some of the skills involved in archaeological excavation. There are 4 possible excavations to choose from: Bamburgh (Northumberland); South Shields (South Tyneside); Binchester (Co Durham); and 1 location to be determined in Teesside.

The rules:

Entrants must follow the ‘Code of Practice for Responsible Metal-Detecting in England & Wales’;
Entrants must live in the North East (even if they normally detect outside the region);
Provide as full and complete an identification as possible of the following 4 items.

For each coin, provide the following information in your identification:

• denomination

• ruler

• date

• mint

• basic description of the obverse and reverse (including the legends)

For each object, provide the following information in your identification:

• object type

• object sub-type/class

• date

• basic description of the object, including the material it is made from

Entries can be posted to:

Frances McIntosh, PAS

Rivergreen Centre

Durham County Council

Aykley Heads, Durham DH1 5TS

Or e-mailed to: Robert.collins@ncl.ac.uk or frances.mcintosh@durham.gov.uk

Please indicate where you would like to excavate on your entry.

Deadline for the competition is 2 April 2010.

To get images of the artefacts for identification please contact Rob at the above email address.

Durham Archaeology Day

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Durham Archaeology Day will take place on Saturday 13th March in County Hall. There will be a range of papers on archaeology in County Durham. Tickets cost £9.50 and will be on sale from 22nd February. Contact the archaeology team on 0191 370 8712 for more information

Portable Antiquities Conference

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

There will be a two day conference at Newcastle University on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th March loooking at metal detecting and archaeology. For more information follow the link below

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/cba/events/portants2010

Frances will be at the conference on Saturday to show finds and explain about the Portable Antiquities Scheme.

A History of the World Event in Hartlepool

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Museum of Hartlepool is hosting an event on Wednesday 17^th February, in conjunction with BBC Tees, as part of the A History of the World (AHOTW) project. The BBC will be broadcasting from the museum between 12noon and 4pm with all sorts of other things going on:

Computers available for viewing the AHOTW website, with BBC staff on hand to help people to upload their own objects
Display of as many of the Tees region objects as we can get to the museum for the day (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/tees/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8353000/8353293.stm for the list of objects – obviously the Bowes’ ‘Silver Swan’ will not be travelling to Hartlepool!)
Curators and other experts on hand to talk to visitors about the objects
Mystery object/object handling activity
Craft activities for children and families

Frances will be there from 1pm until 4pm to record and identify archaeological objects.

Finds Afternoon in Hartlepool

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Frances will be at Sir William Gray House in Hartlepool on Tuesday 12th January 2010 from 2pm until 4.30pm. She will be there to identify and record archaeological objects found in England and Wales.

Details of Sir William Gray House are below.

Sir Wm Gray House, Clarence Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8BT

'Archaeology in Action' at Bellever, Dartmoor National Park Sat 1st August 2009

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Come to Bellever, near Postbridge on 1 August 2009 and see archaeology in action at the excavation of a pre-historic round house. There will also be displays and demonstrations on a Bronze Age theme at Postbridge, throughout the day, setting the scene for those wishing to walk out to the dig site. The day has been organised by Dartmoor National Park Authority and Devon County Council, to celebrate the Council for British Archaeology’s Festival of British Archaeology and National Parks’ Week.

The fun starts at 10 am and there will be a marquee at Postbridge hosting stalls, displays and demonstrations from a variety of organisations including the Devon Archaeological Society, the Royal Albert Museum, the Dartmoor Trust and the Dartmoor Pony Trust. Bring the family and try pottery making, handle replica Bronze Age tools and weapons or try your hand at grinding corn the old-fashioned way.

Danielle Wootton, Devon’s finds liaison officer from the Portable Antiquities Scheme will be holding her ‘finds surgery’ throughout the day in the marquee. This will provide the opportunity for members of the public to bring along any items such as pottery, coins, flint and metal artefacts that they have found whilst walking, gardening or metal detecting for identification and recording.

Postbridge will also be the starting point for two free guided walks that are taking place on the day. The walks will be led by Dartmoor National Park Authority archaeologists and will visit the excavation, starting at 10 am and 2 pm, lasting approximately 3 hours. Places are limited so booking in advance is essential. Telephone 01822 880272 to secure a place. Those who wish to walk independently have a couple of options, there will be a self guided walk leaflet available for £1.50 from the Information Centre or, if you have access to an ipod or mp3, you can download the new Bellever audio walk from www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk.

Get stuck into archaeology! Children's mini excavation activity and finds day at Barnstaple Museum.

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Get stuck into Archaeology!

Thursday 23rd July 10 .00- 16.00

Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon, The Square, Barnstaple

Find out more about archaeology in North Devon. Bring along any artefacts you have found for experts to identify. Children' s mini excavation activity.

Contact: Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon: Telelphone: 01271 346747

For information about recording archaeological finds in Devon contact: Danielle Wootton Devon Arcaheological Finds Liaison Officer danielle.wootton@exeter.gov.uk Telephone: 01392 665858.

Combe Martin Finds Day, North Devon; Wednesday 22nd July

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Fabulous finds day at Combe Martin!

On the 22^nd July, Danielle Wootton, (Devon FLO) will be on hand to help identify objects at the Combe Martin Museum, which is currently hosting the ‘Treasures from the Earth’ exhibition about local archaeology.

Bring along any old objects such as pottery, flint or metal items that you have found whilst out walking, farming, gardening, on the beach, or metal detecting. Even if you haven't found anything, drop in to find out more about archaeology. The event is free and everyone is welcome.

Combe Martin Museum is located at: The Parade, Seaside, Combe Martin, EX34 0AP Telephone: 01271 889192

For information about archaeological finds in Devon, contact Danielle Wootton, Devon Archaeological Finds Liaison Officer. Telephone: 01392 665858 Email:danielle.wootton@exeter.gov.uk

Exmoor Finds Day- Devon and Somerset; Tuesday 21st July 11am - 4pm

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Exmoor's fabulous finds!

Have you found anything interesting when out walking, digging the garden or metal detecting that you think might be over 300 years old- perhaps metal artefacts, pieces of pottery, coins or even prehistoric flint tools?

Then come along to a special archaeological finds day being held at Exmoor National Park’s Dunster visitor centre on Tuesday 21st July between 11am and 4pm to see archaeologists Danielle Wootton, (Devon FLO) and Anna Booth (Somerset FLO).

Anna and Danielle will be available to help identify and record your finds from your garden, the beach, metal detecting, field walking, etc. Drop in and find out about your objects or even if you haven't found anything, you are invited along to find out more about Archaeology. The event is free and everyone is welcome.

Dunster Visitor Centre: The Centre is located 50 metres from a public car park on the approach into Dunster village from the A39. Address: Dunster Steep, Dunster, West Somerset, TA 24 6SE Telephone: 01643 821835 or email:NPCDunster@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk

For more information contact Danielle Wootton, Devon Archaeological Finds Liaison Officer on 01392 665858 or email danielle.wootton@exeter.gov.uk