Two summer field visits are now in place, priced £12.50 per person, per visit. To book a place on either session contact matt@mbarchaeology.co.uk
Historic Newark – Saturday 2nd June, 10.30am – 4pm
- Explore the remains of the Medieval castle and find out about the early Saxon structures
- Visit the church of St. Mary’s, with its surviving Danse Macabre painting and Civil War damage
- Take a tour of Millgate and see conserved historic buildings, riverside and Anglo-Saxon cemetery site
- Visit the Millgate Museum and view the artefacts
- Investigate the archaeological remains of the Civil War fortification known as the Queen’s Sconce
- Enjoy the ‘de-brief’ in one of Newark’s historic pubs and sample traditional food and real ales
The Prehistoric landscape of Birchover – Sunday 22nd July, 10.30am – 4pm
- Explore the rich prehistoric remains of the Birchover landscape
- Visit the natural outcrop of Robin Hood’s Stride, stone circle at Nine Stone Close and the Medieval religious site of the Hermit’s Cave
- Explore the prehistoric cemetery landscape of Stanton Moor
- Visit the Nine Ladies stone circle and site of the Bronze Age cremation cemetery
- Find out how many of the sites are aligned on ancient ley lines and how the area may have been an early religious focus
- Enjoy the ‘de-brief’ in Birchover’s Red Lion pub and sample traditional food and real ales
