Tickets are now available for our exciting event on 25th July 2026. Titled ‘Exploring Henges and Nature’, if offers a deep dive into the relationship between Neolithic henges and the natural world in which they were created. Archaeologists will present talks about this theme, and there will be an opportunity to ask them questions, and … More Exploring Henges and Nature
Come and find out more about Thornborough’s remarkable Neolithic and Bronze Age landscape on Saturday 18th July 2026. Join either a morning (10am-2pm) or an afternoon (1pm-5pm) session at West Tanfield Memorial Hall, West Tanfield, North Yorkshire, HG4 5JU. Each session consists of a talk by Dr Jan Harding, offering an overview of Thornborough’s development … More Festival of Archaeology Event on 18th July 2026
We are pleased to announce that the excavation at Windmill House will be resuming on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July. If you would like to volunteer then please get in-touch, using the link below, stating if you wish to do the Saturday, the Sunday, or both. The excavations are free-of-charge and no previous experience … More Volunteer for Windmill House Excavation
Olivia Sharrard will be joining the TAG team as an Advisor. She has already played an important role in the writing of our constitution and application for charitable status, and will have special responsibility for coordinating our planned ‘Research Seminar Series’. Here’s a little more about Olivia: “Olivia is a UK-based Volunteering and Community Engagement … More Olivia Sharrard becomes an Advisor
TAG is excited to announce volunteer opportunities and events for the month of July. SATURDAY 11th and SUNDAY 12th JULY: we will be returning to Windmill House to continue our excavations. We hope to make significant progress and there will be room for a relatively large number of volunteers. SATURDAY 18th JULY: we commence our … More Events and Volunteer Opportunities in July
We are delighted to announce that James Lawton has joined TAG as an Advisor. As you’ll see below, James is a highly experienced specialist in geophysical prospection, and given the importance of the latter to TAG’s programme of fieldwork, this makes him a very important addition to the team: “James is a professional Archaeological Geophysicist … More James Lawton joins TAG
The Thornborough Archaeology Group (TAG) is seeking a volunteer to assist with managing our merchandise in early May. This role would involve: The workload is modest, but additional support would be greatly appreciated and would make a meaningful contribution to the smooth running and continued growth of TAG. As a wholly voluntary group, TAG relies on … More Volunteer Opportunity – Merchandise Support
We had a splendid day fieldwalking at Windmill House on Sunday. The team worked exceptionally hard, and as a result, we not only completed widespaced walking across the entire field, but also managed to get some total collection done across an area 60m by 30m. The former produced around 140 finds, with the latter adding … More Thank you!
A reminder that we will be returning to our excavation at Windmill House on Sunday 3rd and Monday 4th May. Its jolly exciting to be heading back, and we hope to make progress with identifying the features we started digging in 2025. If you would like to volunteer, and haven’t yet done so, please use … More Excavation at Windmill House
TAG had an eventful Easter! As you know, our intended focus for fieldwork was Sinderby, with a geophysics survey of the henge, and fieldwalking immediately to the east of the monument. It started well on Good Friday, with some of the volunteers helping Dr. Ben Edwards and Prof. Seren Griffiths, of Manchester Metropolitan University, with … More Easter Fieldwork
