Outreach

PCA recently joined Galliford Try and Big Yellow Self Storage at Hermitage Primary School in Wapping, where around 90 Year 5 and 6 pupils learnt about the archaeology uncovered ahead of the new Big Yellow Self Storage development at The Highway, Shadwell. Ahead of construction, PCA carried out a six-week excavation that revealed evidence of…

Following PCA’s recent work at Nova Scotia Farm (Phases 2 and 3), undertaken for Persimmon Homes, a group of Year 9 students from Caister Academy visited the site to see the archaeology first-hand. The visit focused on walking the area and explaining what had been uncovered. In this part of the site, the archaeology is…

Mark Hinman will be speaking this Sunday at the UNAS Spring Conference We’re pleased to share that Mark Hinman will be speaking this Sunday (22 March) at the Upper Nene Archaeological Society Spring Conference, held in Hackleton, Northamptonshire. Mark’s talk, “Cups, coins and cows: Unravelling the Late Iron Age at Milton Keynes East,” will explore…

We were delighted to return to St Mary’s Church, Houghton, last weekend to share the findings from our recent below-ground works with the local community. The talk, by Michael Joyce and Will Stafford, explored the history of the church and the surrounding area, drawing connections between the archaeological discoveries and the village’s medieval past. The…

Laura Desrosiers-Whalley and Lawrence Morgan-Shelbourne will be presenting at the Lithic Studies Society Conference this week, discussing preliminary findings from our recent excavations at West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds. The 2024 fieldwork revealed a sealed Early Neolithic midden deposit rich in flint and pottery, offering an exceptional glimpse into activity around 3800 BC. From…

A quick update: our public information board for Plot 9a, First Street South, Manchester is now up on site. It shares details of the archaeological work carried out ahead of Ask’s development of this major office building, which will be the Government Property Agency (GPA) new hub in Manchester. It’s great to see it in place,…

Join us this Saturday for Milton Keynes Archaeology Day! PCA will be out in force at this year’s event, with a full display and hands-on activities in the morning, plus an afternoon talk by Mark Hinman, Judy Mlynarska and Jenn Hulse:“Cups, Coins, and Cows: Unravelling the Late Iron Age at MK East.” When: 1 November…

Alistair Douglas will be presenting PCA’s work at Bermondsey Square in a lecture hosted by LAMAS next month. Date: 11 November 2025 Time: 18:30–19:30 Venue: Lecture Theatre G6, Institute of Archaeology, UCL, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY The lecture will be available via zoom as well as in person, click here to book . Alistair’s lecture…

We had a great time at the Essex Festival of Archaeology last week! Thanks to Place Services for putting together such a well-organised and welcoming event. It was great to be part of something that clearly struck a chord with so many people. Over 1,100 visitors came through the doors, the talks were fully booked…