The Festival of Archaeology 2016

The 26th Festival of Archaeology, which runs between the 16 – 31 July 2016, is rapidly approaching, so it’s time to make plans, take a look and see what’s on  in your area!

Co-ordinated by the Council for British Archaeology, the Festival offers hundreds of events nationwide, organised by museums, heritage organisations, national and country parks, universities, local societies, and community archaeologists.

Now obviously we can’t listeverything that’s of interest to our readers here, but the random selection below gives a flavour of the range of prehistoric events (many aimed at families) available across the country – other time periods are available. If you’re looking for a great day out you could do much worse than search the list on the festival web site to see what’s happening in your area.

• Southampton Archeovillage Activities Day (Hampshire)
• Boden Fogou Open Day (Cornwall)
• Avebury Walk and Talk (Wiltshire)
• Marden Henge Open Days (Wiltshire)
• Sheffield’s Prehistoric Past (Sheffield)
• Archaeology summer school- what is archaeology? (Tyne and Wear)
• The archaeology of osidian and flint (Norfolk)
• Guided walk of Breedon Hill (Leicestershire)
• Archaeology without a trowel (Berkshire)
• Before the Romans showed up at Silchester : Life and landscape at the Iron Age Oppidum (Berkshire)
• Flint workshop at The Hive (Warwickshire)
• Scarborough Museums Trust Festival of Archaeology (N Yorkshire)
• In their footsteps: Guided tour of Prehistoric Penwith (Cornwall)
• Buried treasures: Megalithic monuments, Penzance (Cornwall)
• Iron Age roundhouse open day (Nottinghamshire)
• Bay Archaeology Festival: Rediscovering the Bay’s Old Ways, Morecambe (Cumbria)
• Hopesay Iron Age hillfort – the archaeological heritage of the south Shropshire hills (Shropshire)

Many of the events in the festival will incur a charge and/or require prior booking, but many are also free, so please check before setting out for an event.

Enjoy the Festival!!