Archaeology Training Courses at Poulton, Cheshire, 2006

Poulton is a multi-period rural site 3 miles south of Chester, that has been yielding evidence of 9500 years of human activity. Mesolithic Flints from 7500 BC, late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pottery and Human Cremations; Roman Pottery, brooches, coins, building material, window and goblet glass; Saxon Pottery; Medieval Graves (13/14thC) decorated floor tiles, buckles and coins; Civil War artefacts from the 1640’s.

Excavation of a Medieval Chapel and its graveyard has uncovered over 200 inhumations; it is estimated that up to 1,800 may be present

To the north of the graveyard lies a Wood Henge and a series of Bronze Age Burials (c.1500-900BC), or Ring-Ditches, containing cremations.

A mass of Roman building material (roof-tiles, window-glass), large quantities of artefacts, and several Roman ditches strongly hints at a substantial structure and associated field-systems.

Two Day Courses

We hope to be running training weekends again this year, dates as follows:

• 28^th and 29^th May (Bank Holiday)

• 1^st and 2^nd July

• 5^th and 6^th August

• 26^th and 27^th August (Bank Holiday)

The cost is £50 per day, no accommodation included. The Project will supply all tools and equipment, mess tents, toilets and basic facilities for cooking, and making coffee & tea etc whilst on site. Students will be required to bring their own waterproofs; digging clothes, work boots and packed lunch.

These courses are open to anyone over the age of 16. However, if you come as a family (i.e. one child per parent), we will take 11+.  

(The Poulton Research Project is a Registered Charity Number 1094552).  

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