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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 8d

To learn more about the Fund, where to complete your application, and most importantly how it could help your project, check out: www.cardfund.org

#cardfund #RadiocarbonDating #archaeologyuk #archaeologicalsite #archaeologicalexcavation #communityarchaeology #heritageuk

Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 8d

The deadline is 30 Nov, so get your application in asap. And just FYI our Senior Palaeoenvironmental Officer can do the plant remains and wood identifications for you, as part of the funding, to find suitable material for dating. So you don’t need to find an external specialist before applying.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 8d

Time is running out!
If you have a community archaeology project in the UK, this is a reminder that the Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund is still accepting applications for 2025's round of funding - but there are only a few weeks to go.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 15d

In issue 126 of CIfA's 'The Archaeologist' magazine, there's a brilliant article covering our non-invasive survey techniques at Bleakmoor Hill - where we combined geophysical, ALS and multispectral survey and geochemical surveys to better understand the site.

www.archaeologists.net/publications...

The Archaeologist Magazine

CIfA produces a regular magazine called The Archaeologist, which looks at current issues that concern professional archaeologists.

www.archaeologists.net

Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 24d

Everything has been blogged about on their website too, and although the digging has finished for now, everyone is excited to get the post-excavation work underway!

Want to know more? Check out their website: jarrowhall.com/jam/

JAM - Jarrow Hall

Jarrow Archaeological Mission Find all of our JAM updates here, from our weekly JAMCam blogs, mission events and photos relating to the dig. The story so far In May 2025 Groundwork South & North Tynes...

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 24d

So far, four weeks of excavations in Drewett Park have taken place and it’s been a wonderful endeavour, involving a collaboration of local community groups, residents, students, Route2Work learners and volunteers.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 24d

The JAM Project was a recipient of the National Lottery Heritage Fund earlier this year and it opened the way for new archaeological investigations close to the site of St Paul's Church and Jarrow Monastery in Jarrow for the first time since the 1960s.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 24d

We’ve been helping out with the fantastic Jarrow Archaeological Mission (JAM) Project recently, the Phase 1 excavation of which draws to a close this week.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 29d

For more information on the publication of the previous excavations see here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

An Early Iron Age palisaded enclosure in a multi-phase setting: excavations at Bleakmoor Hill

The dating of palisaded enclosures in Britain remains poorly understood with few sites having been directly dated by scientific means using suitable, reliable samples. Excavations to support a poss...

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 29d

For more information on the Conference see here: aargonline.com/wp/events/aa...

Aerial Archaeology Research Group 2024 Annual Meeting

The AARG Committee is thrilled to announce the 41st AARG meeting will be held on the 12th and 13th of September 2024 in York, United Kingdom followed by a field visit on 14th September 2024. Before th...

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 29d

New high-res Lidar & multispectral surveys together with geochemical & magnetic susceptibility surveys were then undertaken in 2025. Together with evidence from ongoing adjacent excavations, new evidence is shedding light on a fascinating multi-phase site – we hope to report more on this in future!

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 29d

We conducted a phased programme of works to understand the form, phasing and date of the archaeological remains of the enclosure together with information on the condition of preservation.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 29d

Bleakmoor Hill is a hilltop on the outermost margin of the Cheviot Hills in Northumberland. Atop it sits the Scheduled Monument ‘Bleakmoor Hill Palisaded Enclosure’ which is the site of a small, defended site of domestic function dating to 550-440 BC in the Early Iron Age.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · 29d

We were in attendance at the 42nd Aerial Archaeology Research Group Conference in Trondheim recently. Our Head of Specialist Services, Kim, was there to present on our non-invasive research at the Bleakmoor Hill Palisaded Enclosure next to Harden Quarry.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · Sep 15

To find out more about other events happening as part of the Heritage Open Days festival, visit their website: www.heritageopendays.org.uk

#archaeologyuk #HeritageOpenDays #heritageopendays2025 #bakewell #peakdistrict #peakdistrictnationalpark

Homepage

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · Sep 15

One of our team will also be there today and Friday 19th September, 10am-1pm, so pop along to chat to us about all things archaeology and history, and to see some of our finds. We look forward to seeing you!

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · Sep 15

As part of England's largest festival of history and culture, Heritage Open Days 2025, we have a stand upstairs at Bakewell Visitor Centre all this week (15th-19th September) with information and displays of some of our project work in the area.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · Sep 4

Do you have a community archaeology project in the UK?

A reminder that the Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund is still accepting applications for 2025's round of funding!

The deadline is 30 November, so now is a great time to apply.
Learn more here: www.cardfund.org

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · Aug 21

We recently completed an excavation with Breedon in North Yorkshire that turned up some very exciting and rare discoveries. These included an upside-down pottery vessel known as a ‘collared urn’ & a perforated stone axe hammer!

Learn more here: archaeologicalresearchservices.com/exciting-and...

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · Jul 23

But was this development the work of local Iron Age communities, or could it have been a land-grab by an occupying army?

Read more on our website here: archaeologicalresearchservices.com/holme-hall-q...

Holme Hall Quarry in the July issue of 'Current Archaeology' - Archaeological Research Services Ltd

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · Jul 23

Discussing the early Roman frontier region prior to the advance northwards to the Hadrianic frontier, the piece reveals how the landscape in this area was transformed into extensive, carefully planned field systems and farmsteads during the early Roman period.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · Jul 23

In some exciting news, our work at Holme Hall Quarry for Breedon Group, is now available to read about in the July issue of @currentarchaeology.bsky.social magazine, issue 424!

#archaeology #archaeologyuk #romanbritain #RomanArchaeology #ironage #southyorkshire #FestivalofArchaeology

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · Jul 8

We know this acorn comes from a peat layer close to a previously dated layer around 6000 BC – making it over 8000 years old.

Imagine holding 8000 years of history in your hand!

#Geoarchaeology #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ArchaeologyLovers #archaeologylife #northumberland #cheviots

Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · Jul 8

The presence of an acorn in the sample indicates that oak trees were present nearby when the peat was forming. By taking a sample of this acorn and radiocarbon dating it, we can obtain a precise date for when the acorn was alive, giving us a date for the deposition of the peat around it.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd @arsltd.bsky.social · Jul 8

Finding a perfectly preserved acorn hidden in a peat deposit is surely at the top of every geoarchaeologist’s bucket list, and that’s exactly what our geoarchaeologist found last week!

This ancient acorn was found in a peat core sample for dateable organic material from the Northumberland Cheviots.

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