Author Archives: Rich Farmery

The report on the talk ‘The Bishops Palace – Beneath the Lawns, Recent Excavations at Auckland Castle’ by John Castling, has now been added to the website. See September talks.

The report on the talk ‘The bus up the dale’ by Reuben Frankau, has now been added to the website. See July talks.

Diary events for upcoming walks and talks for October have been added to the website.For more information see the diary page

Finished! Back-filling of the trench and the test pit done, tent down, all the kit returned to store in Cotherstone. Phew! Once again a big thank you to everyone who participated, to our archaeologist, Tony Liddell, and to the Allison … Continue reading →

Well, we have made it to the end of the exploration, leaving the backfilling, re-turfing, dismantling the tent and returning all the kit to store in Cotherstone for the weekend. I think it has been a success. Twenty-two members and … Continue reading →

Sadly the weather forecast was correct and we had persistent rain from the off until around 2pm, We decided not to proceed with any digging today as not only would it trash the trench but it would be very slippery … Continue reading →

Our best supported day so far, with 19 volunteers attending, on what also turned out to be the best day of the week so far, fortunately bearing only a passing resemblance to the weather forecast. We received permission first thing … Continue reading →

Sixteen of us braved the conditions to continue the dig in frequent, often heavy, squally showers. The photo illustrates this, with the diggers in trench 1 wearing waterproofs often with hoods up. Nonetheless, we made good progress there and also … Continue reading →

Fourteen of us plus Tony Liddell, our supervising archaeologist, spent an enjoyable day working on the main trench. The weather forecast for the day was poor but in fact we had good spells of warm sunshine, so much so, that … Continue reading →

The report on the talk ‘Romans in Swaledale (?)’ by Alan Mills, has now been added to the website. See May talks.