The dig will take place starting on Wednesday (9am to 4.30pm) and concluding on the Thursday (9am to up to 5pm). Most equipment will then be removed, but the pit(s) left covered until backfield on the Saturday morning (10am to 12 noon) …
The dig will take place starting on Wednesday (9am to 4.30pm) and concluding on the Thursday (9am to up to 5pm). Most equipment will then be removed, but the pit(s) left covered until backfield on the Saturday morning (10am to 12 noon) …
Following 5 successful years at Daws Heath and Hadleigh, Access Cambridge University are due to take their Independent Learning Archaeological Field Study on Wednesday 20th and Thursday 20th June 2018 to Thundersley. Although some local people have already put forward their garden for…
2017/2018 marks a development of AGES AHA, the acquisition of our first ever geophysics equipment. This would not have been possible without the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund. This enabled 18 of our members to train at SEEVIC college in non intrusive…
Access Cambridge University are due to return to Hadleigh on Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th June. Although a number of local people have already put forward their garden for a dig by local school students or our community archaeology club, more hosts are needed…
AGES AHA dug 3 Hadleigh garden test pits in the London Road (near the New Road junction), Church Road and Meadow Road over the period Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th August. All the finds were sent to Access Cambridge University to process and…
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Hadleigh Test Pits May 2016
Access Cambridge University under the direction of new manager, visited Hadleigh for 2 days of digging test pits at 6 sites around Hadleigh. School students from the Southend area dug at 3 pits and AGES AHA at 3 others. Students from the nearby…
In May 2015, under the direction of Dr Carenza Lewis for Access Cambridge Archaeology, 11 test pits were dug around Hadleigh seeking information about the development of the medieval village.
In May 2015, AGES AHA unearthed a quantity of broken bottle glass from a test pit in the front garden of the United Reformed Church in Church Road. The glass had a very definite embossed pattern and appeared to include the embossed word, “Hadleigh”.
Thanks to the continued support of Heritage Lottery funding, AGES AHA was able to extend this year’s project to a dig in the garden of the former Crown Inn. This followed an invitation from Castle Point Borough Council to research the site prior to the planned Hadleigh town centre redevelopment.
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