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Birdoswald Roman Fort Excavations

By Cate Davies / 12/06/2023 / Comments Off on Birdoswald Roman Fort Excavations

Katie from PCA Durham is currently on secondment at Birdoswald Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall, at a Historic England and Newcastle University training programme for Archaeology students. Katie is helping supervise the digging and finds processing and will be there until the end of the season on 7th July. This year they’re digging to the…

Roman London west of the Walbrook

By Cate Davies / 05/06/2023 / Comments Off on Roman London west of the Walbrook

Ireneo Grosso presents his preliminary interpretations of recent PCA excavations between Coleman Street and Moorgate to the the LAMAS 59th Annual Conference of London Archaeologists. This talk focuses on the main Roman structures and deposits recorded during our excavation in the City of London. During our mitigation work we unearthed evidence of two Roman roads,…

‘Surprises from the Roman frontier’ published

By Cate Davies / 02/06/2023 / Comments Off on ‘Surprises from the Roman frontier’ published

Scott Vance’s article on Turret 3a of Hadrian’s Wall is now out in the 400th edition of Current Archaeology. In ‘Surprises from the Roman frontier: Excavating Hadrian’s Wall in urban Tyneside’ Scott details our investigations in the summer of 2021 which revealed not only the first turret to be uncovered along the Wall in over…

Pampisford Village Fete

By Cate Davies / 02/06/2023 / Comments Off on Pampisford Village Fete

Last month Tegan Able and Allie Spoletini attended the Pampisford Village Fete with an array of finds. They also took a handling collection, so that people could get up close and personal with the archaeology! Many intrigued people asked some great questions; from children studying Saxons at school, to adults who’d lived in the village…

Roman Darlington

By Cate Davies / 26/05/2023 / Comments Off on Roman Darlington

Following on from an excavation in 2018, PCA Durham archaeologists, alongside colleagues from the Newark and Warwick offices, have uncovered the continuation of this previously unknown but extensive Roman site. We have just finished the fieldwork so are in the early stages of post-excavation but already we have some amazing finds such as the ‘Darlington’…

Stratford Congregational Church Pop-up Exhibition

By Cate Davies / 17/05/2023 / Comments Off on Stratford Congregational Church Pop-up Exhibition

Discover the remarkable story of Stratford’s lost Congregational Church in our pop-up exhibition on 3rd June!

Roman London West of the Walbrook

By Cate Davies / 15/05/2023 / Comments Off on Roman London West of the Walbrook

Ireneo Grosso will be giving an online lecture to The City of London Archaeological Society on Friday, 19th May at 7pm. This is a hybrid event; if you are joining online, your link to join the lecture will be in your email confirmation. Use this form to register: Between May and September 2022 an archaeological…

Mental Health Awareness Week 15-21 May 2023

By Cate Davies / 15/05/2023 / Comments Off on Mental Health Awareness Week 15-21 May 2023

Anxiety is a natural emotion, and one that we all experience, but sometimes it can spiral out of control and become a mental health problem. Numerous factors can trigger feelings of anxiety, such as the pressure of deadlines, relationship dynamics, embarking on a new job (or losing one), and significant life events. Financial concerns and…

Spring London Archaeological Forum

By Cate Davies / 15/05/2023 / Comments Off on Spring London Archaeological Forum

The Spring London Archaeological Forum will take place in person and online at UCL Institute of Archaeology’s lecture theatre in Gordon Square on Monday 22nd May 2023 following the CBA London Annual General Meeting. If you plan to come along in person, registration is required via Eventbrite here: or contact Becky Wallower (becky.wallower@dial.pipex.com) by 12 noon on…

TRAC 2023

By Cate Davies / 24/04/2023 / Comments Off on TRAC 2023

Of pots and people: Approaching skill, settlement, and early Roman rural society through pottery-making in the Lower Ouse Valley, Cambridgeshire, UK  Eniko Hudak (PCA) and Adam Sutton (MOLA) will be speaking at this year’s TRAC at Exeter University on 28 April on their research into 40 early Roman (1st and 2nd century) kilns and tonnes of domestic…