Clare, Suffolk
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As part of the Heritage Lottery Funded Managing a Masterpiece scheme, in Spring 2011 Access Cambridge Archaeology (ACA) gave Clare residents, school pupils and members of the public the chance to carry out their own small archaeological 'test pit' excavations throughout the village of Clare to find out how the town developed over hundreds and thousands of years in the past.
The digs were kicked off at the end of April with children from Clare Middle School digging 15 test pits in the village, which was followed up with a further 17 test pits excavated by 80+ volunteers of all ages who dug over the weekend of the 7th-8th May 2011.
East Anglian article on the Clare Middle School test pitting
For extra photos and information see also the Managing a Masterpiece page on Clare.
Local Information Websites
Clare Historical and Archaeological Society
2011
The written report for the results of Clare can be downloaded 
here - 3.41MB
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Pottery Report Clare Middle School |
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Pottery Report Community Dig |
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Test Pit Location Map |
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Photographs: To view photographs from these archaeological investigations, type the following address into the address bar at the top of your browser window: http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/aca/******/ (Replace '******' with the unique six-character code you were given for your site during the dig. Important Note: Make sure you write your code in capital letters. And don't forget the forward slash at the end of the address!). |
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Pottery Distribution Map |