A huge thank you to everyone who has already expressed an interest in our calendar. We are grateful for your continued support! If you are still looking for the perfect gift that celebrates our amazing local heritage, this is it. The 2026 Calendar includes stunning images of the Thornborough henges, TAG’s fieldwork, and local finds. Each … More Thornborough Archaeology Group 2026 Calendar Now Available to Buy!

Back in September I mentioned that TAG was actively looking into how best to take forward new research into the archaeoastronomical significance of the Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in our area of interest. Well, this is to let you know that we have now settled on our general approach, and I wanted to share … More Your Chance to Shine

Doing archaeology can be an expensive business, especially if like TAG, you’re committed to providing fieldwork and research opportunities for free. As a result, we are completely dependent on our own fundraising, of which donations are a very important part. With this in mind, TAG has added a donations page to our website. By giving, … More Donating to TAG

What important archaeological site lies only 3.7 miles from the Thornborough monument complex and remains largely uninvestigated? Its the Sinderby henge, of course! Of all the region’s magnificent henges, it is the one about which we know the least, with it being discovered less than a decade ago. Like Nunwick it remains under cultivation, but … More Sinderby Henge

This final photograph taken at the end of our field season at Windmill House, neatly shows the relationship between the two areas of excavation. Next year, we will be connecting the two trenches and exploring the connection between the features in each trench.

A massive thank you to all of you who attended the ‘Return to Windmill House’ excavation last weekend (and Bank Holiday Monday). You are superstars! We are so pleased with how things went, and hope everyone there enjoyed themselves. Expanding TP9 successfully confirmed the existence of a feature, though if it’s a pit, or something … More Return to Windmill House

As many of you know, TAG’s next fieldwork event is the ‘Return to Windmill House’ on 23rd and 24th August. We will expand two of the test-pits dug during our earlier ‘taster event’, and hopefully, excavate some prehistoric features. We are committed to providing community-centred fieldwork free-of-charge, but these events cost money to run. Especially … More Return to Windmill House

It gives me the very greatest pleasure to announce that Dr. Jennifer Wexler has joined the TAG team as an Advisor. She is a highly experienced archaeologist, with a tremendous interest in Thornborough and the area’s other prehistory. Indeed, its archaeology is directly integral to her professional role within English Heritage. Jennifer is the Curator … More Dr. Jennifer Wexler joins the TAG team

It gives me the very greatest pleasure to announce that Spencer Carter, or Spence, has joined the TAG team as an Advisor. Spence is a hugely experienced archaeologist, who prior to joining has helped us greatly by offering free-of-charge and incredibly helpful feedback on the lithics we have been finding. We are all delighted to … More Spencer Carter joins TAG as an Advisor