What an amazing start to the Buckholt Community Dig. The iron age earthen bank is a large stone wall and the 18th century cottage is more than a cottage. Excited to see what today brings.#archaeology #buckholt #heritagelotteryfund #buckholtbryngaer #churchillarchaeology #ironage

Definitely not an earthen bank. Next question - is it Iron Age or could it be Medieval? Let's find out tomorrow! #buckholtbryngaer #churchillarchaeology #ironage #monmouthshire #archaeology #hlf

It's a privilege listening to these two discuss archaeology. Mark Lewis from Amgueddfa Cymru and Will Davies from Cadw comparing the trench to the geophysics results. #amgueddfacymru #cadw #churchillarchaeology #monmouthshire #archaeology

Day three at the Buckholt Wood Community Archaeology Dig. It's getting better and better. #churchillarchaeology #amgueddfacymru #cadw #buckholtbryngaer #communityarchaeology #monmouthshire instagram.com/p/C77QT3LuFGO/…

At the end of National Volunteer Week, we'd like to thank our amazing team at the Buckholt Wood Community Dig. Everyone is awesome and the project is a success because of you. Last day tomorrow! #VolunteersWeek2024 #amgueddfacymru #churchillarchaeology #buckholtbryngaer #hlf

The last of our tours of the Buckholt today. Lots to see and talk about. Thank you to all who came to visit us. #NationalVolunteersWeek #churchillarchaeology #buckholtbryngaer #amgueddfacymru #hlf #archaeology #monmouthshire

And that's a wrap on this season of the Buckholt Wood Community Dig. And what an experience it has been. Thank you to our amazing supervisors, Dr Cherkea Howery, Dr Mark Lewis & Dr Graham Eyre-Morgan, & to all our volunteers. We have transformed the Buckholt! See you in 2025!

Extremely informative training day by Historic England on Radiocarbon dating. Big thank you to Tom Elliot, Alex Bayliss et al for inviting me. Highly recommend. #historicengland #radiocarbondating #churchillarchaeology

Very much enjoyed a couple of days digging at the Universities of Manchester's and Cardiff's excavation at Arthur's Stone. Nice people, good archaeology and beautiful views - found some stake-holes too! #dorstone #archaeology #herefordshire #churchillarchaeology #englishheritage

Coming up on Coast & Country tonight at 7pm on ITV Cymru Wales…

Super low tide so we're back looking at the possible Roman bridge outside Chepstow. Thank you to Simon Maddison of the Chepstow Archaeological Society for organising and SARA for making sure we didn't get stuck! #mud #archaeology #chepstow #churchillarchaeology

Look at these lovely fellas! They seem to be suffering from toothache, clutching their faces. Love popping in to see Steve Clarke and his fabulous collections. #archaeology #churchillarchaeology #Medieval #Monmouth #toothache

Digging foundations on the site of the Usk Roman Fort. Not going deep enough this time, but a later ditch traversing the site has disturbed a few tantalising objects from below. #Usk #roman #monmouthshire #churchillarchaeology #Archaeology

Day 3 of the Buckholt Wood community dig and the mist is rolling in from the Wye Valley. Such a special place. #buckholtbryngaercic #churchillarchaeology #landscapes #community #archaeology #amgueddfacymru #cadw #nationallotteryheritagefund

Open day at the Buckholt dig! Come see what we've found. #Archaeology #openday #events #monmouthshire #buckholtbryngaercic

#StandingStoneSunday Just about beating Storm Ashley this morning with a tour of ancient Trellech in the company of Katie Churchill ChurchillArchaeology - including the incredible Harold's Stones Early Bronze Age alignment 🤩. So much more research to do here!

Day 8 of the Buckholt Dig and its another busy day. Our first visit was from the Mayor of Monmouth, followed by Professor Josh Pollard who confirmed we have a very significant early Neolithic enclosure (photos Adam Stanford ASGS) #neolithic #archaeology #churchillarchaeology

Delighted to feature in the 'Showcasing the Archaeology of Wales' session at the Society of Museum Archaeology Conference yesterday at Amgueddfa Cymru. Thank you to the organisers for such a great conference. #smacon2024 #amgueddfacymru #archaeology #museum #wales

Join me this evening to find out the results of the Buckholt dig - there's a bar too! #Archaeology #monmouthshire #buckholtbryngaer #amgueddfacymru #nationallotteryheritagefund #prehistory

Looking forward to @BuckholtBryngaer's winter celebration this weekend. It will be beautifully atmospheric and will feature designs inspired by our excavations #buckholt #winter #festival #archaeology