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Gateway Sites    Societies    Specific Digs / Sites / Areas

Online Articles: Archaeology

 

Gateway Sites

Keys to the Past

Past Perfect

Durham County Council - Archaeology Section

Durham University - Archaeology

England's Rock Art (ERA) (basically, NBL/DUR)

Northumberland National Park History & Archaeology

Northumberland County Council - Archaeology

Tees Archaeology

North York Moors National Park Archaeology

North Pennines Heritage Trust

Structural Images of the North-East

Newcastle Council's 'Historic Environment Section'

Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record

Useful national sites include:

Portable Antiquities Scheme

English Heritage's National Monuments Record

 

Societies

Air Craft Investigation & Archaeology

Arbeia Society

Architectural & Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland

Border Archaeological Society

Cleveland Industrial Archaeology Society

Coquetdale Community Archaeology

Council for British Archaeology (CBA North)

Hadrianic Society

Hartlepool Archaeological & Historical Society --- does this still exist?

Nautical Archaeology Society (North-East)

Northern Archaeology Group - contact sought (they keep moving their website - help welcome! They do, I believe, have a Facebook site)

Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Teesside Archaeological Society

Tyne Industrial Archaeology Group - contact Memb.Secr., Mr.M.R.Paul, 24 Melbeck Drive, Ouston, Chester-le-Street, Co.Durham, DH2 1TL.

Yorkshire Archaeological Society

List of metal detecting clubs & societies can be found here

 

Other links (specific digs / sites / areas)

Binchester Fort Dig and its Blog (and the fort's official county council site )

Bamburgh Research Project & their YouTube Page

Breamish Valley

Cheviot Hillforts

College Valley

College Valley (Harrowbog Excavation)

Flodden Field

Gefrin  (archaeology of the Cheviots & area)

Hadrian's Wall - Its Archaeology

Harbottle Castle

Howick Project

Northumberland National Park Village Surveys

Simonside Hills

Thirlwall Castle

Vindolanda

Yeavering Bell

 

Online Articles: Archaeology

Television Archaeology: Education or Entertainment?