Oh, you thought we forgot about you? No, no, it’s just been a busy few weeks getting back into our day jobs! But never fear, we’ve got the Week 4 round-up, and later a student reflection and Graeme…

We are looking for a new staff member to supevise the environmental processing for two weeks (2nd August to 14th of August) during our summer dig. created by dji camera The role would suit those wi…

One of the editors of the new volume Dr Sam Lucy of Cambridge University is presenting a lecture to the Society of Antiquaries of London on 26 February at 5pm. This is open to all and also live-str…

The first large scale excavation that the Bamburgh Research Project undertook was on the Bowl Hole Burial Ground that the BRP had recently rediscovered the location for. It lay just 300m south of t…

19th July – 14th August 2026 (4 weeks) Join us this summer for our 2026 excavation season at the world famous Bamburgh Castle. We will be continuing our excavation and survey on and around the outw…

One place is still available for the September Post-Excavation week! If you are interested in joining us for a fun week where you get to see a rather different side of an archaeological dig, there …

Last week for FFTT, we had a bit of bone we were tentatively calling a bone plaque or fitting, but a second bit of worked bone has also emerged from the topsoil. This is not a “secure” context so w…

Your favourite archaeologists have some changes to their education and careers, and we wanted to fill you in since we’ve all been very productive in the off-season. Trench Officer Nat (center): Sin…

The new trench by the Victorian postern gate has already proven fruitful for interesting, if a bit modern bits and bobs, in 5E.  Our students have been making great progress working through the top…

Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missing

Dates: September 22nd to 26th 2025 What is post-excavation? Archaeology is not all about digging. In order to turn the data gathered through excavations or surveys (for example) into information th…

Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 15/03/2025 · 59m

The tower and well The excavation of the Tower of Elmund’s Well has proved to be a longer and more productive investigation that we imagined when we set out, due to so much rubble and waste filling…

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