inHeritage News 19/03/07 Poole's Cavern interpretation plan & visitor centre revamp
We have been contracted by Poole's Cavern to produce an interpertation plan and revamp interpretation for the re-opening of the visitor centre in June. The Cavern is a famous show cave outside of Buxton which was once known as one of the Wonders of the Peak. The Cavern has asked for an interpretation plan to cover the visitor centre, cavern and country park.
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inHeritage News 01/03/07 North Yorkshire monument photography
We are currently taking photographs of scheduled ancient monuments in North Yorkshire for the county council's Heritage Section. Sites include the Neolithic henge at Thornborough and Wharram Percy deserted medieval village.
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inHeritage News 16/02/07 Romans on the Don final report
The Romans on the Don project has been successfully completed with submission of the final report to English Heritage. The project proved to be extremely successful and was delivered in time and on budget. Feedback from community groups and school parties engaged through the project was all very positive.
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inHeritage News 10/02/07 South Yorkshire heritage audience study
South Yorkshire Archaeology Service have asked inHeritage to undertake an audience study of access to heritage in the region. This specifically pertains to the heritage resource managed directly by South Yorkshire Archaeology Service including the Historic Environment Characterisation Record, Sites and Monuments Record and archaeological investigation reports. The study will identify heritage resources of key stakeholders including musuems, archives, education authorities and libraries. We will also conduct a survey of community groups with regard to what they value as heritage, what barriers exist in accessing heritage and what media or activities could be done to improve access. This will be the first major public consultation of community access to heritage across South Yorkshire.
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inHeritage News 03/11/06 Doncaster Museum launch for Romans on the Don
The Romans are returning to Doncaster almost 2,000 years after they first invaded Britain. But this time it is a very friendly invasion by the Vicus, the nationally famous Roman Britain living history society, who are turning the foyer and galleries of Doncaster Museum into a living Romano-British village on Saturday 18 th November. Visitors to the museum will be able to see and talk to Romano-British people dressed in period costume, demonstrating crafts typical of Roman Britain including metalworking, weaving and wood working. There will also be a couple of Roman legionaries on hand to keep things in order and show their weapons and armour.
The event is free and will be taking place between 10.00 am and 4.00pm. There will be lots of activities for children and an illustrated talk starting at 3.00pm. The Museum will be getting out some of the Roman objects from their collection which have not been on public display for decades specially for the launch. Visitors will also have the rare opportunity to explore real Roman artefacts with hands on handling sessions.
The event launches the ‘Romans on the Don’ booklet and website. These tell the story of life in the Doncaster area using artefacts and information gathered from over 15 years of archaeological excavations on the many sand, gravel and stone quarries of the area. The new booklet is free and will be available on the day at the museum. The website is hosted on Doncaster Council’s website at www.doncaster.gov.uk/romansonthedon. Both are beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned colour reconstruction drawings of many of the known Roman sites including houses, pottery kilns and Rossington Roman fort. There is also a teachers’ pack on the website for use by Doncaster’s history teachers.
The event is part of the ‘Romans on the Don’ project, funded by the English Heritage Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund. The project brings together the expertise of the Sheffield based interpretation specialists inHeritage, South Yorkshire Archaeology Service (advisers to Doncaster Council) and Doncaster Museum.
Dinah Saich, South Yorkshire County Archaeologist, said ‘it is great to have the chance to show people what we have learnt from excavations - how the area would have looked 2000 years ago, and the ways in which people adapted to the arrival of the Romans’.
Bill Bevan of inHeritage said ‘Romans on the Don is bringing alive the results of archaeological excavations for the benefit of local people.’
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inHeritage News 14/08/06 Staveley Dig website launched
A new website updating visitors with news about Staveley History Group's 2006 archaeological excavation season at Staveley Hall, Derbyshire was launched on the 14th Auguat 2006. An innovative feature of the site is a webcam relaying live images of the trenches. The site also a daily diary section updated by members of the excavation team. inHeritage have designed the website and managed the installation of the hardware for the webcam. The dig runs from the 14th August to the 1st September.
See what the archaeologists are finding at http://www.staveleyhall.org.uk
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inHeritage News 11/08/06 Romans on the Don comic launched
The Romans on the Don comic aimed at Key Stage 2 pupils was launched at Doncaster Children's Library on the 11th August 2006. Titled 'Watch Out! The Romans are coming!', it is a vibrant full-colour 12-page introduction to Iron Age and Romano-British life in the Doncaster area. There are two adventure stories centred on boy and girl characters called Lorix and Estril who are discovering about the new changes introduced after the Roman invasion. There are activities, key facts and Roman jokes galore, not to mention a Roman makeover artist called Llewellynius Bowenius.
Five hundred copies were delivered to Doncaster Children's Library Service and another 1000 to Doncaster Museum. They will be distributed to the 20 branch libraries throughout Doncaster during the summer holidays and to school groups visiting the museum over the coming months. The comic is also available as a PDF download on the Romans on the Don website www.doncaster.gov.uk/romansonthedon
The comic is free and demand from Doncaster's children has been very high!
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inHeritage News 01/06/06 Romans on the Don educational programme begins
The programme of school visits begins today, 1st June 2006. Visits are being made to six primary schools in parishes affected by aggregates quarrying over the next five weeks. A total of eight classes studying the Romans at Key Stage 2 are receiving the visits. Each class is led through a series of interactive activities about the Romans in Doncaster and how archaeologists discover about the past. Each pupil will receive a free copy of Watch Out! The Romans are coming! comic at the end of the class.
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inHeritage News 19/05/06 Romans on the Don website goes live
The Romans on the Don website went live to coincide with the beginning of the educational programme. The site is hosted by Doncaster Metropolitan District Council on their webserver. THe site will be updated with material as it is produced by the project.
You can access the website here www.doncaster.gov.uk/romansonthedon
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inHeritage News 30/01/06 Exploring Ancient Peakland
Bill Bevan has signed a contract with Halsgrove to write and produce an illustrated popular guide to the ancient archaeological sites of the Peak District. The book will introduce different periods from the Ice Age to the early medieval and describe the important sites that have public access. Bill will write the text and take the photographs of all the sites featured in the guide. Halsgrove are England's leading regional publisher, publishing around 100 hardbacks each year celebrating the varied history, art, heritage and life of England's regions, cities, towns and villages.
You can find out more about Halsgrove at http://www.halsgrove.co.uk/index.php
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inHeritage News 14/11/05 Romans on the Don project launched
The Romans on the Don project was launched at the South Yorkshire Archaeology Day, Sheffield on the 12th November 2005. inHeritage is managing the project with South Yorkshire Archaeology Service. The project is funded by English Heritage through the Aggregates Sustainability Fund and involves Doncaster Museum as a project partner.
Romans on the Don tells the story of life in the Doncaster area before and after the Romans arrived as discovered by archaeologists working at aggregates quarries. A booklet, website and children's comic are being produced in tandem with educational visits and community outreach.
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