Some #cropmarks for #RomanFortThursday - this double-ditched fort is at Hayton, south of Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Excavation has shown it to have been constructed and used for a brief period towards the end of the 1st century AD. For more (1/2)

Anglo Saxon / Viking bone fragment practice piece found near Pocklington #Museum4Pock #viking #anglian pocklingtondistrictheritagetrust.org

The Oscars ceremony has nine nominations for the film “The Banshees of Inisherin”. Why is this significant to the Pocklington area? There is a link via Captain Weddall from Burnby who died on Achill Island where it was filmed. facebook.com/groups/pocklin…

If you think the roads are bad now …. facebook.com/groups/pocklin… #potholes #pocklington #BarmbyMoor #turnpike

‘Pocklington’s Royal Connections’ - A talk by Phil Gilbank in All Saints Church Pocklington on the eve of the Coronation of King Charles III. Please consider donating to help with maintenance of the church give.pgoc.org.uk youtu.be/xoxl8vG8sCU

Pocklington District Heritage Trust will have a Gazebo tent at the Roman Petuaria event in Brough on Saturday 15th July. We will have a pop-up museum of finds. Books available for sale with card payment. #Roman #Petuaria

A new book on the history of Woldgate School with pictures and stories of the school buildings and the people involved in the building and running of the school from the early days until the 60th anniversary of it’s opening. pocklingtonhistory.com/publications/w…

Roman Archaeology Conference eventbrite.co.uk/e/revealing-th…

Thirsk’s shop in Driffield.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council's executive cabinet has declared Burnby Hall a redundant property for county council purposes; and hand it over to Pock Town Council under a Community Asset Transfer on a 125-year lease. The hard work for a new Museum starts here. #NewMuseum4Pock

Following the award of £40,800 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Pocklington District Heritage Trust is making progress on the creation of the travelling museum and replica shield. COME AND FIND OUT MORE – at the Pockdown Festival on 27 July #FundedbyUKGovernment #LevellingUp

NEW: At a time of national change, museums are more relevant than ever. My new column for Museums Association on why museums make such a positive difference to people’s lives and how Arts Council England investment helps that to happen #LetsCreate museumsassociation.org/museums-journa…

Viking / Anglo-Saxon conference. Tickets from RM English Estate Agents. (£8) or, online from Eventbrite. [tinyurl.com/ym53m9da] and an evening of Viking food and entertainment (£15) on 15th Nov. tickets from English’s & online [tinyurl.com/4b2m3jhh]

We forget the reason why settlements on the edge of the Wolds like Pocklington have 10,000 years of occupation. When ice sheets melted following the Ice Age, the sea levels rose. York was under water as part of lake Humber and Pocklington & Market Weighton were on the lake edge.

Pocklington District Heritage Trust have launched a crowdfunding appeal to save this Anglo Saxon artefact being exported and never seen again. We can bring it home to show our schoolchildren and residents our local heritage in a local museum. gofundme.com/f/save-a-pockl…

gofundme.com/f/save-a-pockl… #history #heritage #SavingHeritage #Viking #AliceRoberts #PocelaPanel #AngloSaxon #Pocklington 88% 🎯 🙋‍♂️🙏🙀🤞

Revealing The Pocklington Shield   On Fri 28 March, Pocklington Heritage Trust is unveiling a new, stunning replica of the Pocklington Shield alongside its 2,500 year-old original. #IronAge #chariot #DiggingForBritain #AliceRoberts eventbrite.co.uk/e/revealing-th…

The Pocela Panel comes home! The rare early medieval gold panel found near Pocklington has finally returned home after it was delivered to Pocklington District Heritage Trust trustee, Alex Harvey. A crowd funding appeal raised £4,000 in just two weeks. gofundme.com/f/save-a-pockl…

The Mile flood scheme uncovered more ancient burials. It showed a range of two Iron Age, two Bronze Age and one mid-Neolithic, the first Neolithic skeleton to be found in the town, and giving the group an age range of 2,000 to 5,000 years old. Photo: a burial excavated in 2018.

'New' ancient remains found at Pock. Building work on the Garths End side of Pocklington Junior School earlier this month turned up human remains; The bones are clearly ancient and were removed for further analysis, with initial thoughts that they may be from the Iron Age.