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Oakham Castle Community Archaeology Dig: An Introduction — ULAS News

17 Tuesday Apr 2018

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Welcome to the Oakham Castle Community Archaeology Dig. This is our first post of several about the upcoming excavation, so come back to discover more about what we find as the excavation progresses. What are we doing? Well, over two weeks at the end of April 2018, University of Leicester Archaeological Services in partnership with […]

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Community Archaeology opportunities in 2018

26 Monday Mar 2018

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Fancy trying your hand at archaeology? Want to learn more about the history of your local community? In 2018, University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS), working in partnership with Rutland County Council and the Market Bosworth Society, have two exciting opportunities for volunteers to take part in community archaeology projects. Oakham Castle Community Dig (18th […]

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Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology

29 Wednesday Jun 2016

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Members of the public are invited to help bring out past to life by taking part in the UK’s largest archaeology festival and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than before. The programme for this year’s Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology has now been announced with over 70 events to be […]

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A Romano-British shrine at Rutland Water

06 Wednesday Nov 2013

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Issue 285 of the Current Archaeology magazine contains a nice feature on the discovery of a Romano-British shrine at Rutland Water by archaeologists from Northamptonshire Archaeology. The excavation was conducted on behalf of Anglian Water, who have arranged for the reconstruction of the foundation wall of the shrine near its original setting with a display board describing the site. Finds from the site are being exhibited in the visitors centre.