Location: Carlisle, England
Season: June 30, 2024 to July 5, 2024
Session Dates: June 30-July 5, 2025
Application Deadline: June 1, 2024
Deadline Type: Contact for Details
Website: https://www.ancientodysseys.com/archaeologydigenglandhadrian
Program Type:
Field School, Volunteer
RPA Certified:
No
Project Director:
Frank Giecco
Project Description:
One of Britain’s most visible monuments to Rome’s conquest is Hadrian’s Wall, built during the 2nd century to guard the northern frontier of the Roman Empire.
In 2017 at the site of the cricket club in Carlisle, England a high-ranking Roman building and bathhouse were found. Thought to be the largest building along Hadrian’s Wall, there is evidence that the site has direct imperial connections to Septimius Severus who lived there in the 210s AD.
In the past two years, the finds continue to amaze. The site has yielded one of the largest collections of painted wall plaster and imperial tile stones in all of England. High status artifacts, statues and funerary items have also been unearthed. This year, you’ll work on an area south of the Roman Road. There are many unanswered questions and you will be instrumental in helping gather more information to understand how long was this area was in use and how it fit in with the timber buildings recorded earlier. You’ll also be tasked with helping to understand more about the complex series of floor surfaces at the northeastern corner of the site. It should be an extremely interesting season!
Join in on the discoveries in 2025. Archaeologists and community archaeologists have already found an incredible array of finds including two carved Roman Heads, a solid piece of Tyrian purple dye, hundreds of glass beads and over 70 carved gemstones used in Roman signet rings. What else awaits discovery? Join us to find out!
This dig itinerary is open to travelers aged 16+ and incudes:
6 days of guided excavation
7 nights hotel (in walking distance from the excavation site)
All breakfasts and lunches
Guided tours of Hadrian’s Wall, the artifact collection and more
Period(s) of Occupation: Roman Period
Notes:
Cost for double occupancy is £1179
Single occupancy is £1659
Limited to 8 people only.
Project Size: 1-24 participants
Minimum Length of Stay for Volunteers: Full week
Minimum Age: 16
Experience Required: No experience required
Room and Board Arrangements:
Accommodations at a hotel in walking distance of the excavation site is included for 7 nights. Breakfasts and packed lunch are included each day.
Academic Credit:
None
