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Wednesday at Bar Hill
We will be carrying on holding meetings at the Oxford Archaeology East HQ at Bar Hill during August and September as we carry on assessing finds from the Wimpole parterre garden. We hope to have more tutorials to refresh our memory of specific pot...
Lectures
Our next Winter lecture is on 4th December when Tom Midgeley and Laura Mitchell will talk on "The Roman pottery industries of Horningsea and Colchester". Lecture held at the McDonald Building, Downing Street, Cambridge from 7.30pm.
Fieldwork
We are finally able to go field walking at Ickleton, Grange Road, this Sunday 17th November. Hopefully the weather will be OK.
Latest articles & reports
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The pottery fabrics we find often have different colours
What makes a pot surface red or black in colour or with a different colour in the core.
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Kingston Pastures Report
Full report of the Results of Fieldwalking at Kingston Pastures Farm, Cambridgeshire, 2001
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Ickleton Full Draft Report
The full report for our excavations at Ickleton can now be viewed or downloaded from the Articles and reports drop down above.
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Parterre excavation 2023 Draft
Excavation on the parterre north of Wimpole Hall of five small trenches by members of CAFG confirmed the position of the red brick walls of Thomas Chicheley’s 1650s garden.
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Fieldwalking and Field Drain Finds
An often ignored type of find is the humble field drain. Learn more about them and their history...
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Identifying military shell casings
An article on how to identify the source and date of manufacture from the head stamps of typical WWII shell cases.
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In the Footsteps of Fox Part 1
Cambridge Archaeology Field Group has been fieldwalking since 1978. We have been invited to produce these posters, by the McDonald Institute and Magdalene College based upon our work.
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In the Footsteps of Fox Part 2
Part 2 of the poster
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Wimpole: silent voices and deserted homes
The full main report of our HLF funded project at Wimpole is now available for download. Appendices giving detailed information are available on request.
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