Thornborough Archaeology Group

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

All of us at TAG would like to warmly thank everyone who participated in our test-pitting ‘taster-event’ at Windmill House on the 4th and 5th May. Despite the weather not being the best, everyone worked very hard, did a great job, and were fantastic company. We are very pleased with how it went and hope … More Windmill House Taster Event 4/5 May 2025

We would like to warmly thank all of you who joined us on Sunday 30 March to fieldwalk at Hutton Moor. Whilst the day started very windy, everyone battled through until conditions improved. We ended up collecting from a large area and are certainly very pleased with the results. A total of 27 worked flints … More Fieldwalk at Hutton Moor

Every so often TAG will hold Action Days to undertake archaeological research and fieldwork in response to specific opportunities. These will usually be organised at quite short notice. I’m delighted to announce that the first of these will be on Sunday 30th March 2025, when we are assembling a team to conduct fieldwalking (walking a … More Announcing TAG Action Day March 30th 2025

I’m delighted to announce that on Sunday 4th and Monday 5th May 2025 (the early summer bank holiday) TAG will be running a ‘taster’ fieldwork project just to the north of Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire. It will provide an opportunity for volunteers to participate in, and experience, archaeological fieldwork. Those attending will get the chance to … More ‘Taster’ Fieldwork Project

Collaboration and teamwork are essential to us at TAG, especially when it comes to research and publication. With that in mind, three of us (Jan Harding, Geoff Harris and Tony Hunt) recently got together to write a short paper which has now been published in Prehistoric Yorkshire 62 (2025), titled ‘The Neolithic and Earlier Bronze … More New Prehistoric Yorkshire Publication

I’m very sorry we haven’t posted anything for some time, but we’ve been extremely busy behind the scenes getting things organised. We are applying for charitable status, reaching out to sponsors, thinking through our events programme, and most importantly, planning the fieldwork. Hopefully, we will have a great deal to announce early in the new … More Organising for 2025