Information for local residents and Historical/Archaeological Societies
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Whether you have watched Channel 4's Time Team and fancied going on an archaeological dig yourself or wondered about what hidden ancient remains might be waiting undiscovered in your back garden or school field, ACA may be able to make it happen. We help run and support activities which involve generations of the local community in learning more about their heritage and achieve something uniquely different and enduring in their local area. We can provide assistance with archaeological activities for residents and societies including test-pit digging, limited area excavation and field-walking.
In preparation for an event, we can offer guidance on suitable sites and contacts, publicising events and recruitment of volunteers as well as sourcing equipment and materials. We can usually provide on-site expertise to help run the logistics and supervise the archaeological activities. Afterwards, we will conduct the post-excavation finds processing and identification, produce professional reports and notify the relevant archaeological authorities on the findings as well as return to present a summary of these to the community who hosted the fieldwork.
For more information on current and forthcoming opportunities for members of the public to get involved with Access Cambridge Archaeology, please click on the links below.
Click here to find out about the Cambridge Community Heritage Project and how to get support from Cambridge University researchers for your community heritage bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), via the 'All Our Stories' fund
Click here to find out about our community excavation taking place in June 2012 in Bures St Mary as part of the HLF-funded Managing a Masterpiece Programme.
Click here to find out more about the Higher Education Field Academy and your community.
Click here to to find out more about opportunties for public archaeological excavation within your community.
Click here to find out more about how to get involved with excavations in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk as part of the 'On Languard Point project'.
See below for a video of a community test-pit excavation for a feel of what's involved and some of the projects ACA have been involved in.
800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge.
Click here to find out more about the archaeological fieldwork and excavation in Suffolk (Clare) and Essex (Mount Bures) that was part of the HLF-funded Managing a Masterpiece Programme.