JigsawCambridgeshire

The Jigsaw community archaeology project helps local societies in Cambridgeshire investigate, research and protect the county's archaeology.

[ArchaeologyUK @archaeologyuk]

Are you involved in running a local archaeological group? If you would like to chat to others about adapting activities in the time of Covid, join us online for a lunchtime conversation.

Next session Monday 28 Sept at 12.15. To book, email: [email protected]

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

Useful advice from the CBA @archaeologyuk about considerations for community archaeology groups resuming activities in person.

[ArchaeologyUK @archaeologyuk]

If you're thinking about how to get your group back to doing some in-person #archaeology, this update on the CBA website goes through the main things you'll need to consider: https://t.co/qItyLoKgFS

[Oxford Archaeology @oatweet]

To learn more about the Roman site found at Waterbeach Barracks check out Urban&Civic's video featuring an interview with OA East's Stephen Macaulay who first worked on the nearby Car Dyke over 25 years ago https://t.co/unWBxjah44 via @YouTube

[Oxford Archaeology @oatweet]

OA East recently completed a 7ha excavation at Waterbeach Barracks in Cambs, near the junction of two important Roman transport links - the Car Dyke and Akeman Street. We're now working with Urban&Civic to share these discoveries and inform future design: https://t.co/43mPQsMsCD

[ArchaeologyUK @archaeologyuk]

Are you involved in a community #archaeology group? How has Coronavirus affected you? What support is needed to “recharge” British community archaeology? We want your views. Read more: https://t.co/FGyx7H3TV1

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

We're back and monitoring this account on a part-time basis. We'll continue sharing ways you can learn about and engage with archaeology from home and safely outdoors.

[Anglesey Abbey @AngleseyAbbeyNT]

We had an insightful nine days working with @oatweet before the lockdown, to explore the monastic past of Anglesey Abbey. You can now find out some of our early results from the dig here > https://t.co/ZbOMvgDdJa

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

This account will not be monitored from 23/04/20 due to staff furlough. We hope to return to delivering you the latest community archaeology #pubarch news and events in and around Cambridgeshire as soon as possible.

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

For May's #pubarch update, we have yet more suggestions for where to go online and get your archaeological fix: https://t.co/2Zhp1vm2Tv

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

For everyone staying at home, this month's
#pubarch bulletin brings you a selection of online resources to brush up on your digital skills, delve into the latest research and explore archaeology from the comfort of an armchair... or bed... https://t.co/gLHHDeBzV2

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

Save the date! Treasures of Ramsey Abbey exhibition this summer at @ramseylibrary @discover_ramsey @TheNorrisMuseum @RamseyRuralMuse @chatterismus @CambsArch Showcasing past and recent archaeological discoveries including finds from @HeritageFundEoE project @oatweet #pubarch

[Anglesey Abbey @AngleseyAbbeyNT]

The Front Lawn... we're digging it.

Join us from 16 - 29 March to experience an archaeological dig in action.

As part of Unearthing Our Past, take part in family activities, tours or pick up a trail booklet to guide you round the site.

Discover more: https://t.co/CdcQ1lNdRP

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

This March, delve into the medieval past of @AngleseyAbbeyNT, examine evidence for outbreaks of plague in #Cambs and unearth the early Medieval kingdoms of East Anglia #pubarch https://t.co/soixGUkj0t

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

Next month in #Cambs, learn about Bronze Age settlement in East Anglia with @oatweet's Nick Gilmour, find out what CAFG discovered during their excavation of an 18th century house @WimpoleEstateNT and discover the monuments of Easter Island with @FenArch https://t.co/ZvWGDdqtBt

[Victoria County History @VCH_London]

It's here! Our new [free*] app 'A History of English Places' is available now for smartphones, tablets and mobile devices on both iOS and Android.

For more: https://t.co/U7okQVIX6H

*Free gets you coverage of 13,713 places: a modest subscription the detailed VCH material.

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

Get your 2020 diaries at the ready, there are lots of #Cambs #pubarch events to look forward to in January. Find out about the 1116 fire at @pborocathedral, the Roman-Saxon transition in East Anglia and the excavation of the @greatfen Spitfire. And a very Merry Christmas to all!

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

A belated happy 40th anniversary to the Cambridge Archaeology Field Group and happy 10th anniversary to the Fenland Archaeological Society @FenArch! Both societies have celebrated their anniversaries this month.

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

In #Cambs this coming month, you can join @camantsoc's talk on the WWI letters of a Rampton soldier, @MarkKnight63 speaking about @MustFarm in Warboys and @Fane_Road to find out about the archaeology of Peakirk:
https://t.co/HFKgV5sY8C

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

This November, find out more about @A14C2H excavations, @oatweet's findings at #Warboys and @FitzMuseum_UK's research into Egyptian funerary culture. Just a selection of the talks being given to Jigsaw-affiliated #pubarch groups in #Cambs open to all: https://t.co/AZNhZSnNDj

[JigsawCambridgeshire @JigsawCambs]

In next month's #pubarch talks, you can meet the Romano-British found @WimpoleEstateNT, explore the Anglo-Saxon Fens with @DrSueOosthuizen and go behind the scenes of
@davidparrhouse
https://t.co/1mAlwtU4qn