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Newtown Summer Excavations

Community Discovery Education Excavation Volunteers
Group of archaeologists excavating a trench, using trowels and buckets, with fencing and trees in the background.

Work is well under way at Newtown as our volunteers unearth more of the mysterious medieval mound.

Our Archaeologists will be here until 25th July so pop in and say hello, and don’t forget we have our Newtown Festival of Archaeology on 19th July!

We hope to see you there. 

Two archaeologists excavating a trench, carefully trowelling g a stone bank at an outdoor dig site.
Group of archaeologists excavating a trench, using trowels and buckets, with fencing and trees in the background.
Two archaeologists excavating a trench, carefully trowelling g a stone bank at an outdoor dig site.
Group of archaeologists excavating a trench, using trowels and buckets, with fencing and trees in the background.
Group of archaeologists excavating a trench, using trowels and buckets, with fencing and trees in the background.
View of an open archaeological trench in a grassy area, with spoil heap on one side and cut turf on the other side and trees in the background, marked by informational flags and fencing.
Shaded archaeological excavation area in a woodland setting, s outlined by blue safety fencing and tree cover casting dappled sunlight across the site.
Group of volunteer archaeologists standing in front of an excavation area, surrounded by trees and blue safety fencing on a woodland site.
Group of archaeologists standing in front of an excavation area, surrounded by trees and blue safety fencing on a woodland site.
Group of archaeologists standing in front of an excavation area, surrounded by trees and blue safety fencing on a woodland site.
Smiling group of archaeology volunteers and staff posing at an excavation site in woodland, with visible trench edges and blue mesh safety fencing in the background
Archaeologist explaining trench features to a group of volunteers and staff standing along the excavation edge, surrounded by trees and blue safety fencing.
Archaeologist explaining trench features to a group of volunteers and staff standing along the excavation edge, surrounded by trees and blue safety fencing.

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