Amanda is breaking up the clumps of soil in the flotation tank to release any burnt seeds or artefacts. #environmentalarchaeology
Graeme Young
@graemeyoung.bsky.social
Archaeologist Director of the Bamburgh Research Project and shockingly a bit of a lefty nerd
Oliver has been excavating a curious area in front of the Victorian folly sondage, where we hope we have caught the curve of the #medieval ditch!
It’s a bit early for #hillfortswednesday but excited to post that my book came out this past Friday! A big thanks to @barpublishing.bsky.social for making the process easy and for publishing! A link can be found here. www.barpublishing.com/book/a-rocky...
If you have an interest in environmental archaeology and would like to join our team for three weeks this summer we would love to hear from you bamburghresearchproject.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/d...
Do you want to join us as team member this summer?
We are looking for a new staff member to supevise the environmental processing for two weeks (2nd August to 14th of August) during our summer dig. created by dji camera The role would suit those wi…
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Dr Sam Lucy is doing a public lecture on the recent publication of the cemetery site at the Bowl Hole Bamburgh do check out the details on our blog bamburghresearchproject.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/i...
If you want to hear more about the newlly published Monograph for the Bowl Hole Cemetery at Bamburgh Dr Sam Lucy is doing a lecture that is open to the public
One of the editors of the new volume Dr Sam Lucy of Cambridge University is presenting a lecture to the Society of Antiquaries of London on 26 February at 5pm. This is open to all and also live-str…
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Very happy to announce that the publication of our cemetery excavation is available for order. Do take a look at the link below bamburghresearchproject.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/e...
Exciting News as the Monograph for the Bowl Hole Cemetery at Bamburgh is Published
The first large scale excavation that the Bamburgh Research Project undertook was on the Bowl Hole Burial Ground that the BRP had recently rediscovered the location for. It lay just 300m south of t…
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Booking for our dig in 2026 is now live! Check it out through our blog bamburghresearchproject.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/w...
Want to come and excavate with us at Bamburgh? Booking for the 2026 excavation season is now open
19th July – 14th August 2026 (4 weeks) Join us this summer for our 2026 excavation season at the world famous Bamburgh Castle. We will be continuing our excavation and survey on and around the outw…
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Today was our final post-ex day, where we explored #osteoarchaeology. We took a deep dive into the excavation of the early med. Bowl Hole cemetery, which sits just outside the castle. This pm we were then joined by osteo, Giselle Kiraly, who taught us the basics of osteoarch. A fascinating day!
This afternoon we continued our exploration of the early medieval period with Paula Constantine. We had the opportunity to try different clothe making techniques and understand the different natural materials and tools used in the production of early medieval textiles 🤩🧶🏺 2/2
Day 4 of our post-excavation week and we have been out to visit our friends at Ad Gefrin and @davidpetts1.bsky.social on #Lindisfarne. Lots of lovely early medieval goodness. #northumberland #archaeology 1/2 🏺
We're back for another post-ex week at #Bamburgh Castle 🎉🎉🎉 We've started by exploring our many small finds and bulk find assemblage. The sun is out, the coffee is flowing and chat is good 🤩🏺
It's Day 2 of our post-ex week and we have spent the morning recording and illustrating some of our (many) small finds 🏺 This afternoon we were joined by Zooarch, Clare Rainsford, to explore how animal bones are understood and used in archaeological interpretation. 🦌🐈🐄🐇
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Post-Excavation Taster Week – One space still available
One place is still available for the September Post-Excavation week! If you are interested in joining us for a fun week where you get to see a rather different side of an archaeological dig, there …
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As we come to the end of another dig at Bamburgh, perhaps the most interesting discovery is that the timber lining to the well extends beneath a very likely medieval wall!
More #medieval worked #bone! bamburghresearchproject.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/f...
Fresh from the Trench: More Worked Bone, and a Reinterpretation
Last week for FFTT, we had a bit of bone we were tentatively calling a bone plaque or fitting, but a second bit of worked bone has also emerged from the topsoil. This is not a “secure” context so w…
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A red deer mandible! It came out of our #midden. This is one of the largest species of #deer, and one of two native to Britain, the other being the roe deer which is tinier. #zooarchaeology
A view of the trench this morning. Work goes on with leveling our sondage across the possible ditch, excavating our midden, and some recording via plan.
Your favourite #archaeologists fill you in on their offseason and future plans! bamburghresearchproject.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/t...
Team Updates
Your favourite archaeologists have some changes to their education and careers, and we wanted to fill you in since we’ve all been very productive in the off-season. Trench Officer Nat (center): Sin…
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Jack is excavating a sondage (mini-trench) next to the wall stump to give us a better idea of whether it's partially #medieval and #Victorian, or simply mostly Victorian. We have gotten some green glazed pottery sherds! #13thcentury
#Medieval bone plaque, fresh from the trench! bamburghresearchproject.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/f...
Fresh from the Trench: Bone Plaque
The new trench by the Victorian postern gate has already proven fruitful for interesting, if a bit modern bits and bobs, in 5E. Our students have been making great progress working through the top…
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If you are just joining us here on Bluesky, welcome and thanks for following! We just started the #archaeology dig season up in beautiful #Northumberland at Bamburgh Castle.
Isabella and Emily clearing the broken-off edge of later #medieval wall to the north of the postern gate! #excavation #archaeology
Trench Supervisor Elizabeth has some students sheltered from the thunderbugs/thrips in the windmill to learn about context recording. #archaeology
Not sure what the hashtag will be, but come see me at ICMS!!!! @kzooicms.bsky.social I will be talking about the #medieval well we just found at Bamburgh Castle!
It seems a lifetime ago when I was there but this is terrible news www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures
Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missing
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