Archaeological Services engages in an extensive programme of community projects and outreach activity in the north-east of England. We aim to connect local communities with professional archaeologists, and create opportunities for people to get involved and receive training in practical archaeology.
We have conducted and funded a wide range of community projects, often in partnership with other organisations. These have included archaeological excavations and geophysical surveys in County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Cumbria and North Yorkshire. Our work forms part of our commitment to Sharing Expertise in North East England.
Volunteers uncover the remains of Binchester Roman Fort and vicus
A student and community training excavation at Auckland Castle
Participants conduct resistivity survey at the Long Meg stone circle in Cumbria
A school visit during our excavation of an Iron Age settlement in Teesside
Local volunteers excavate a roundhouse and ring ditch, part of a larger late prehistoric settlement discovered at Great Chilton
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