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Fergus Inspects

Fergus Inspects the Trenches Site Dog does the rounds and makes sure all our Venturers’ digging skills are up to scratch!

Pic of the Day – Day Seven

Dog plays Poker Today’s picture of Fergus playing cards in the Wattle & Daub was taken by Venturer John Cooper See the rest of the Saint & Secrets Day Seven pics here

Pic of the Day – Day Six

Human Pyramid! Today’s brilliant picture of the day of our human pyramid was captured by Venturer Joan Sutherland! Thanks Joan!  See the rest of the Saint & Secrets Day Six pics here

After hours fun!!

The fun doesn’t stop after we put the trowels down… There is a bouncy castle on site. Need we say more? Bouncy castle fun! Photo taken by Kerrie Hoffman Human pyramid in the courtyard…

Pic of the Day – Day Five

Well Dirty Kelli, Andrew and Anna get dirty with the wet sieve – Aprons and rubber gloves are the new Leiston fashion essentials See more of the Saints & Secrets Day Five pics here
Saints & Secrets – Day Three

Saints & Secrets – Day Three

Plans in action! Day three on site and we are learning how to draw plans and levels! See all the pictures from Day Three of Saints & Secrets on our Flickr page here Read our…

Pic of the Day – Day Four

Wet Sieve Micky B teaches Kelli the ways of the Wet Sieve and environmental sampling  See the rest of the Saints & Secrets Day Four pics here

BBC News about Leiston dig!

OH YEAH! We’ve made the BBC news website. We’re so excited and we just can’t hide it!  

Pic of the Day – Day Three

Hi Helen! Helen Geake comes to visit! See the rest of the Saint & Secrets Day Three pics here

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Geofizz Dirty Weekend

Let’s get Geophysical We began our dig at Leiston Abbey with a whole Dirty Weekend of geophysics.  Arriving at Leiston Abbey on the Friday night, in the pouring rain, we wondered where the weekend…

Pic of the Day – Day Two

Getting jiggy with it Raksha and Lisa getting down to 90s music in the information tent  See the rest of the Leiston Abbey Day Two pics here

Pic of the Day – Day One

Breaking Ground Brendon, Raksha and Kerry watch the first trench being dug… See the rest of the Leiston Abbey Day One pics here

Trusting English Heritage

English Heritage to become a charitable trust   The long-awaited news is finally out about the future plans for English Heritage. Opinions are ranging from this being yet another step in the Tories’ dastardly…

Breaking a story is not worth breaking a heart

Breaking a story is not worth breaking a heart As if it wasn’t bad enough that some over-eager random ghouls decided to broadcast the sad news about Mick before the family had even had…
#thanksmick

#thanksmick

Today, we lost one of the greats. Mick Aston was well-known and well-loved: for his scholarship, for his commitment to archaeology and indefatigable individuality. It is impossible to quantify his contribution to archaeology in…
Polly digs… social media

Polly digs… social media

Welcome to our blog series ‘Polly digs…’ , in which we chart the highs and lows of DigVentures’ own social media and community intern on her mission to find a job in archaeology! Hi…

Pop the champagne!

Congratulations, Sir Tony! What a way to start the day – it’s all over the papers that our friend Tony has received a Knighthood in the Queen’s birthday honours. He was recommended for his…

B is for Bodies

B is for Bodies: What can archaeologists learn from bodies? With the aid of blogger and archaeologist HollyMae Steane Price, we are working our way through the alphabet, looking at the A-Z of archaeology, one…

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