Get involved!
Participation in the excavation and post-excavation programme is free and open to all! Over the summer, beginning Sunday June 20th, there will many opportunities for you get involved. See below for a detailed schedule of events.
Simply turn up and we will help you get involved (under 16s will need to be accompanied and supervised by an adult). With our fieldwork locations scheduled to move around the grounds, please see the fieldwork map to find us on any given day.
For anyone interested in long term involvement in the survey, excavation or post-excavation project, please contact us.
The excavation is at the Staveley Town Hall site, situated immediately alongside St John the Baptist Church:
Staveley Hall, Staveley, Chesterfield, S43 3TN
Schedule of Fieldwork and Workshops for June-Oct 2010
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Fieldwork / Workshop |
Sundays in June - 20th & 27th |
Test-pits in the location of the former 17th century garden(s) to the west of Staveley Hall. |
July 7th – 8th |
Trench 13: investigating possible civil war earthworks on land to the northwest of the Staveley Hall |
July 10th – 11th |
Trench 14: investigating geophysical anomalies in the grounds to the east of Staveley Hall |
July 17th – August 1st |
Trenches 15: extension of trench 8 (2006) to locate the extent of the former East Wing of Staveley Hall |
August 14th – 15th |
Test-pits in the location of the former 17th century garden(s) to the west of Staveley Hall. |
August 27th – 30th |
Trench 18: location to be determined by the results of trenches 13-17. |
Sundays in September 5th & 19th |
One-day Workshops (specific focus to be determined by excavation participants and interested community groups) |
Sundays in October 3rd & 17th |
One-day Workshops (specific focus to be determined by excavation participants and interested community groups) |
