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The new friends of Castleshaw group have been formed to drive through further evaluations in the area. Norman Redhead is providing the archaeological support. Keep your eyes out on the new web site for digs in the future. They are … Continue reading →

The news has spread quickly re the news release. Several TAS members have been across and volunteered or been working on the site. Also there has been geophysical survey work by TAS and further work to complete at the end … Continue reading →

http://www.agma.gov.uk/cms_media/files/gm_historic_landscape_project.pdf

The building appears to the largest we have found in the six years excavating the village. So far it looks to be 15m * 5m in size with a central entrance way.

A very worn coin, a 1/2 penny George III (1770-1775) was discovered in the constuction layer of  a track that TAS is trying to date.

An area of green fields is now going to be assessed for geophysical anomalies. Excavation of a trench across a probable ancient track is near completion.

The next plase of resisitivity asssement oppposite the site of Eastwood hall has been completed. There is no evidence of a trackway but some interesting areas now warrant further assessment with a gradiometer. This next phase will take place over … Continue reading →

Check back in a few weeks for initial evaluation of two days o building surveying, geophysics and of course the all important excavation. Many thanks to all those volunteers over the weekend.

This a magnetotmetry survey. The outline of Eastwood Hall has been superimposed from the 1851 map. It looks like the same shaped appears under the ground! However until we put a spade in the ground we cannot be sure that … Continue reading →

Check out the link for the find near Irontongue site