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It has just been announced that the talk to be given by SWAAG trustee Alan Mills at the group’s meeting on Tuesday 8 July will be on the subject of Medieval lead mining in Swaledale. More information about SWAAG events … Continue reading →

Just added to the SWAAG website are reports on our latest events concerning the search for King Arthur (April Talks) and a rare exploration within an army firing range (April Walks). See also the SWAAG diary (Diary – Talks/Walks 2025) … Continue reading →

Just added to the SWAAG website is an illustrated report on a fascinating talk given this month by SWAAG member Jane Harrison about her recent research into the historic copper mines of Richmondshire. You can see it here: Talks 2025.

The next guided walk organised by SWAAG is on Saturday 5 April to the Dark Age and Bronze Age settlements on Dickie Edge, which is within the Feldom Army Range. The walk is restricted to SWAAG members only. For more … Continue reading →

The guided walk on mining on and around Grinton Moor, led by Alan & Judith Mills, which had to be cancelled at short notice because of unfavourable weather, has now been rescheduled for Saturday June 7th. For more information on … Continue reading →

The SWAAG walk scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday 15 February) has been cancelled because of an unfavourable weather forecast. Please look out for information about a rearranged date.

It has just been announced that the talk at the SWAAG monthly meeting on Tuesday 10 June will be given by Paul Pettitt, Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology at Durham University. In 2003 Prof Pettitt co-discovered Britain’s only known Ice Age … Continue reading →

At the SWAAG monthly meeting on Tuesday 11 March, member Jane Harrison will talk about the geology, history and archaeology of copper mining around Richmond and Middleton Tyas. The meeting is by Zoom, starting at 7.30 pm. For the full … Continue reading →

The first SWAAG monthly talk of 2025 was given in January by Mike Wood, a trustee of Richmondshire Museum. A report can be read here: Archaeological sites for investigation, by Mike Wood.

Click the links in this paragraph to see new reports recently uploaded to this website – a walk around the ancient earthwork called Scots Dyke, near Richmond, a talk about the origins of the people who lived in East Yorkshire … Continue reading →