Find out what Leicestershire Fieldworker talks and activities are taking place across Leicestershire and Rutland in 2021.
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Festival of Archaeology Programme Announced
The 2022 Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology programme has been revealed by organisers. Find out more here.
COVID-19 Guidance
How to do archaeological fieldwork in a COVID-secure way. Guidance for Leicestershire Fieldworkers. Updated 19 July 2021
Next Fieldworkers Talk
Thur 7 July, 7.30pm. Kindred: neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art. A talk by Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes.
Publications
The Medieval Earthworks of South & South-East Leicestershire Robert F Hartley Monograph No. 4 This book by Robert F Hartley is the last in his great series on the medieval earthworks of Leicestershire which has been slowly published since the 1980’s. The three sections cover Lutterworth, Market Harborough and Billesdon and we are pleased toContinue reading “Publications”
Fieldworker Training
A number of Fieldworker training courses are held each year at the University of Leicester and out in the field. It is also possible to join local groups who are already walking or excavating as they will provide training. See the Our Groups page for further information on affiliated groups. If there are any archaeological skillsContinue reading “Fieldworker Training”
Peter Liddle’s Lectures
Peter Liddle MBE, former County Archaeologist, regularly runs short 6 week courses around the county on archaeology in Leicestershire and Rutland. If you have a group or venue that would like to run these courses please contact Peter as below. The courses cost £30 per person for the series or £6 per person for individual lecturesContinue reading “Peter Liddle’s Lectures”
Local Archaeology News
Catch up on the latest excavation news from Leicestershire and Rutland and find out what our affiliated groups have been doing.
Digital talk recordings
During the recent pandemic we moved our regular lecture series online. Here are recordings of some of our digital talks.
The Fieldworker
The Fieldworker is the newsletter produced by the Leicestershire Fieldworkers. Download the latest issue hear.