Hilgay - Summer 2015

The first two test events in the village were a great success, with much interest and support from the local community. We aim to build on this by running a number of other events over the summer period in this friendly village.

•     A blog about the first test pits can be seen HERE
•     A survey of a medieval manor earthworks on Sunday 7th June HERE
•     A Field Survey with Test Pits on 25th/26th July HERE
•     Test pits & Metal Detecting at Hilgay Show HERE
•     A Community Support Officer Blog focusing on the pre-Show field survey HERE
•     Methodical Survey of Roman Farmstead HERE
•    A report on the artefacts found during the society excavations at Hilgay together with a database can be found by clicking on the image.

A workshop in June at King's Court, Chapel Street, King's Lynn (Council Office), gave a timeline and enabled local people to look at prehistoric flint axes, Roman pottery and a brooch and coins, Saxon and medieval finds. Other more exotic finds, such as flints and prehistoric pottery (early Neolithic), from a cave excavation from Trieste, also indicated the date and cultural affinities of finds.

The Workshop was titled, 'Archaeology at your fingertips', and it was part of Adult Learners' Week 2015.
See: Link to Adult Learners Website

A second workshop, also in June was hosted at The Bridge for Heroes, Contact Centre, Clough Lane, King's Lynn. Here volunteers and beneficiaries, joined in handling artefacts, from flint burnt flint, to Beaker barbed and tanged arrowheads, or Roman pottery, to medieval Grimston green-glazed pottery, to Victorian 'Willow pattern' pottery and porcelain from the Officers' Mess at RFC Narborough.

It is hoped a small team might be able to join the Society with the fieldwork planned at Hilgay in the last weekend of July, and first weekend of August. (see other pictures, with people seated looking at timeline and artefacts).
See: Bridge For Heroes Website