The Sixth Form dig Classics

This is a first! It's the first time the Classics Department have taken a group of girls on an archaeological dig. It's also the first time that this world-famous site has welcomed a school group of budding archaeologists

A Roman fort and vicus, next to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, Vindolanda is a World Heritage Site, world-famous for its archaeological finds, and in particular the delicate tablets which give unprecedented perspective and details on life on the edge of the Roman World, on the edge of the Roman province of Britannia. Taking part in an archaeological dig at Vindolanda is a huge privilege and adventure: its popularity as a dig site, and the limited number of places available for archaeologists make this opportunity rare.

We'll be digging over five days, from Sunday 24th to Thursday 28th August, with a working day from 10am to 5pm (with regular tea-breaks for the workers, naturally). On site, the archaeologist-fhs-girls will be guided and trained by experienced archaeologists, learning about the context of the site, its various inhabited layers, methodologies of archaeology, and about the Roman occupation of Britain in the first to fifth centuries AD. Additionally, near to the site and free of charge to those digging is the Chesterholm Museum, quite probably the best museum for Roman finds on Hadrian’s Wall.

Documents
The original letter for the trip. read
The second letter. read
Excavating at Vindolanda: the site of the site. read
The Once Brewed Youth Hostel read
The Twice Brewed Inn read
Other Bliggers read

And now LIVE ...

Follow all our news live from Vindolanda in THE BLIG, the blog of the dig