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Marlene, a TAS member, recently came up with another kitchen utensil thatprobably broke its handle some 5000 years ago. A keen digger, Marlene discovered the stone whilst digging on a TAS site near Mottram. The stone is local fine sandstone … Continue reading →

This view from local moorland, overlooking Manchester, shows TAS volunteers deturfing in preparation for a fresh dig on an old site where we are looking to build on previous knowledge, supplemented by the results of carbon dating. A magnetic anomaly … Continue reading →

Further excavation of our trench has unearthed a number of new finds, including flints, fire-cracked stones and ochre. Recording of finds has begun, as well as drawings of prehistoric occupational levels. An item of more immediate interest, but of unknown … Continue reading →

TAS have recently reopened a former trench following confirmation of newstone age activity (Neolithic). Carbon dates obtained from our previous excavations suggest people were living near Mottram in Tameside around 3300 BC, using a hearth to heat and perhaps cook … Continue reading →

Recently one of our members, Kevin, has been involved in delivering a four-week course as part of a well-being project in Heywood. The course involved practical geophysics, access and archaeological discussion of St Luke’s Parish Church, finds-handling and drawing. The … Continue reading →

A few months ago someone drew our attention to some lidar images of an area on the Stalybridge and Hyde border. There appeared to be an anomaly that was interpreted as possibly an agger, i.e. raised earthwork that, given its … Continue reading →

We have an ongoing project in Tameside which involves the recording of gargoyles and grotesques on our ancient buildings. Work was carried out some time ago on Ashton Parish Church, for instance, and more recently we have been scaling the … Continue reading →

We should be very pleased if you were to join us at our conference at St John’s Church, Dukinfield on Saturday February 29th next year. We have a strong line-up of speakers for a range of talks covering some of … Continue reading →