We are delighted to announce that Paul Thornton, whom many of you know through participating in our recent fieldwork and events, has joined TAG’s Management Committee.Paul has over 40 years of senior management experience, and his key focus will be helping with our social media and publicity. Paul has had a lifetime’s interest in military … More Welcoming Paul Thornton to the Management Committee
Friend of TAG, archaeologist, and farmer, Dr Nick Wilson, will be giving a talk in Easingwold, North Yorkshire this week. Nick will give a talk entitled “Beneath our feet: The Romano-British Landscape of Hundayfield Farm” about his ongoing research and excavation uncovering a unique Roman and Iron Age funerary landscape in the Boroughbridge area. The … More Beneath our feet: talk.
We have just under two weeks to go before we close the 2027 TAG Calendar photo competition. Thank you to all those who have submitted images so far. Spotlight on Standing Stones Here is a selection of images showcasing Yorkshire’s magnificent monoliths, submitted for inclusion in the calendar. The Rudston Monolith in East Yorkshire is … More TAG CALENDAR – TWO WEEKS TO GO!
Wow! As you may know, we launched a Crowdfunder campaign (‘Recording Yorkshire’s Later Neolithic Henges’) five days ago– and I’m delighted to say it exceeded its target of £700 within 8 hours! Everyone at TAG is thrilled with the fantastic response it received, and we would like to thank all those who contributed. Because of … More Thank you!
TAG’s all-new Research Seminar Series! We are incredibly excited to announce the launch of the Thornborough Archaeology Group’s Research Seminar Series (RSS)! Developed by Dr Jan Harding, Olivia Sharrard, and TAG colleagues in events, digital, and marketing committees, the TAG RSS aims to develop our volunteer’s knowledge and understanding of Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age … More TAG launches a Research Seminar Series!
I’m delighted to announce that TAG has just launched a new Crowdfunder, the link for which can be found below. As many of you know, the remarkable later Neolithic henges of North Yorkshire are poorly recorded, with only the three at Thornborough being fully described and depicted in detail. This is a travesty given the … More Recording North Yorkshire’s henge monuments
The Thornborough henges are some of the best-preserved in the UK but I recently had the opportunity to visit one of their smaller southern cousins, at Knowlton in Dorset. There are in fact four henges here, three of them aligned roughly north-south (as at Thornborough) with a smaller fourth henge off to one side. The … More Henges in the South
TAG’s very own Geoff Harris will be the star of CBA Yorkshire’s Fireside Chat at 7.15pm on Tuesday 13th October. They will be talking to him about “How did a cyber security expert turn into an archaeologist?” Good question! We are all greatly looking forward to the answer. You can attend the virtual event by … More CBA Yorkshire Fireside Chat
We had a very productive and enjoyable day fieldwalking at Langthorpe on Sunday. For those of you unaware of what is there, it looks to be a massive enclosure with an impressive earthwork, located just across the river from the Devil’s Arrows at Boroughbridge. We fieldwalked part of a large field through which this earthwork … More Fieldwalking at Langthorpe
