Mercian Archaeological courses, field schools and excavations for 2024 are on sale now.
In addition to all the usual favourites, this year they are running a special promotional sale price for Welby Courses – £399 per person per week, and £299 per student per week, if booked before the end of January. For further information and details of what’s on where, visit www.mercian-as.co.uk/fieldschool.html.
The courses for 2024 (in date order) are:
- ‘Exploring Landscape Archaeology’ course: Sherwood Forest, 13th to 17th May. www.mercian-as.co.uk/landscapearchaeologycourse.html.
- Archaeological Geophysics Training Week: Introduction to Ground Penetrating Radar Course, Sherwood Forest, 20th to 24th May. www.mercian-as.co.uk/geophysics.html.
- Welby Archaeological Training Excavation: near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. 1st to 5th and 8th to 12th July. www.mercian-as.co.uk/welby.html.
- The Sherwood Forest Archaeological Training Field School: Nottinghamshire. 22nd to 26th July, 29th July to 2nd August, 5th to 9th August and 12th to 16th August. www.mercian-as.co.uk/sherwoodforestfieldschool.html.
- Bainbridge Archaeological Training Excavation: Wensleydale, Yorkshire. 9th to 13th and 16th to 20th September. www.mercian-as.co.uk/bainbridgetrainingdig.html.
- Topographic Survey Training course: in Sherwood Forest. 7th to 11th October. www.mercian-as.co.uk/topo_survey.html.
- Post-Fieldwork Training School: King John’s Palace, Nottinghamshire. 21st to 25th October. www.mercian-as.co.uk/postexcavation_fieldschool.html.
Annual Dig Weeks
For people who have attended field schools before at Bainbridge, Welby and Sherwood Forest, the group also offers the chance to attend dig weeks at location below. More details at www.mercian-as.co.uk/digweeks.html.
- Welby Excavation week: near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. 24th to 28th June.
- Sherwood Forest Excavation week: Nottinghamshire. 19th to 23rd August.
- Bainbridge Excavation week: Wensleydale, Yorkshire. 23rd to 27th September.
More courses for 2024 will be announced soon!