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Flodden Excavations this year will start on the 4th September and end on 19th September, with a break of 1 day on Monday 13th September. They will be targeted on the possible redoubt on the north side of the Flodden Hill ridge, which is a crop mark site located in a cultivated field.
1. Places are limited (by
insurance) to 30 per day After September, we are developing a programme of talks for the Autumn and winter. So far we have:
A key event is the David Dippie Dixon lecture, and we think we’ve been fortunate enough to secure the services of Dr. Alison Sheridan. Dr. Sheridan is Head of Early Prehistory in the University of Edinburgh‘s Archaeology Department. Her interests include the Neolithic and Bronze Age, and one of her recent projects has been on the origin of jade axes in the British Neolithic, which have now been traced to quarries high in the Italian Alps, some of which were active 7000 years ago. For more information on Coquetdale Community Archaeology – including reports and articles, visit our main site. |