inHeritage News 23/04/10 Brecon Podcasts Go Live
The series of three podcasts we have produced for Brecon Beacons National Park are now live to listen or download on the Park's website. The 15 minute themed podcasts delve into the childhood memories of former Penwyllt residentsPhil, Hubert and Alan. They explore home, community and industrial life in the 1930s and 40s. You can find the podcasts at http://www.breconbeacons.org/visit-us/outdoors-activities/audio-trails/childhood-memories-of-penwyllt.
inHeritage News 19/03/10 Marwell Wildlife
inHeritage are excited to announce the news that we will be teaming up with Hammer Design again to produce some exciting historic interpretation for Marwell Widlife near Winchester.The new interpretetation will be based around Marwell Hall and park as well as new formal gardens at the heart of this wildlife park.
inHeritage News 10/03/10 Brecon Beacons Podcasts
inHeritage are pleased to be working with Brecon Beacons National Park Authority once again. We are producing a series of three podcasts about the memories of former inhabitants of Penwllt. We are qucikly turning the project around to produce the podcasts by the end of March. We will also be producing a Welsh translation of the transcript.
inHeritage News 18/10/09 Natural England New Media Trails
inHeritage have teamed up once more with Kent-based ARC to win the contract to create a series of iinterpretive website downloads for Natural England. The downloads interpret the wildlif of Ham Street, Stodmarsh and Wye National Nature Reserves in Kent and implement the interpretation plan we produced earlier in the year.
Outputs include two audio trails for 19-24 year olds, two podscroll trails for 15-18 year olds, a PDF self-guided trail and cartoon-based children's explorer trail for families, three PDF wildlife spotter guides, a series of podcasts and podcast production training.
inHeritage News 10/02/09 National Trust Hardwick Hall
inHeritage and Hammer Design, as part of the Heritage interpretation Partnership, celebrated their new working relationship with Hardwick Hall and The National Trust.
HIP have been appointed to undertake the interpretation of the new Stableyard Buildings currently undergoing extensive restoration and building work. Ultimately these remarkable listed buildings dating back to the sixteenth century will include a restaurant, shop and restored interpretation areas. Visitors will also be able to enjoy a new visitor centre featuring the material we have been commissioned to produce.
inHeritage will undertake project management,interpretive planning, community consultation and create the content for new interpretive material. Hammer will develop a brand look, logos and design the final materials. Project highlights comprise -
• logo designs
• interpretation panels
• audio trails
• audio visual presentation and
• a number of original surprises
...to engage visitors to the great house of Hardwick, the Stableyard blockand her surrounding attractions.
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inHeritage News 10/02/09 Natural England South-East
inHeritage has teamed up with ARC Creative Design to produce an interpretive plan for online interpretation about two Natural England nature reserves in the south-east.
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inHeritage News 26/01/09 South Yorkshire HLF
inHeritage has been commissioned by South Yorkshire Archaeology Service to complete an activity plan for a second round Heritage Grant application to the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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inHeritage News 15/01/09 Brecon Beacons update
inHeritage has conducted a very lively focus group workshop with a group of 11 - 16 year olds who live in the vicinity of Fforest Fawr. As a result of this and meetings with Brecon Beacons National Park the guide is going to be a manga-style comic strip story for 14 - 16 year olds. Two teenage characters will lead the reader around the site of Pontneddfechan Gunpowder Works in the 1880s. The story is organised around the typical working day AND as a tour from one end of the site to the other.
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inHeritage News 20/12/08 Canons Ashby installed
inHeritage has installed the new three-part exhibition at Canons Ashby and delivered two self-guided trails. The exhibition comprises illustrated panels in the Apple Store, House and Church that cover the history of the garden, Dryden family and the church which used to be a monastery. The two trails guide visitors through the gardens and around the deer park. There is one for adults and one for children. We have also produced a new welcome panel at the car park. Hammer Design did a fantastic job on the design and production of all elements.
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inHeritage News 20/10/08 Brecon Beacons
inHeritage has been commissioned by Brecon Beacons National Park Authority to produce an illustrated guide to Fforest Fawr Geopark for 11-16 year olds. The project will involve leading a focus group workshop with people from the target audience to identify what sort of guide and illustration style appeals to them before completing the guide for delivery on March 2nd 2009. The guide will be produced in both Welsh and English.
The Geopark is set within the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales. It comprises the western half of the National Park, stretching from Llandovery in the north to the edge of Merthyr Tydfil in the south, from Llandeilo in the west to Brecon in the east.
Fforest Fawr (the name translates as 'Great Forest' in English) is a swathe of upland country which was included within the Brecon Beacons National Park when it was designated in 1957. These uplands lie at the heart of the Geopark although it extends beyond them to include much surrounding countryside.
In fact Fforest Fawr Geopark's 300 square miles / 763 km2 include mountain and moorland, woods and meadows, towns and villages, lakes and rivers and a great deal more besides.
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inHeritage News 09/05/08 Gunpowder Plot!
Warwickshire Archaeology Service today took delivery of the Gunpowder Plot! comics.
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inHeritage News 23/03/08 Canons Ashby
inHeritage are proud to announce that we have been commissioned by the National Trust to design and install an interpretation project at Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire, home to the Dryden family for over four centuries and now a fascinating and complex patchwork of each generations' contribution to the estate.
Following a three 3 way pitch, inHeritage teamed up with Hammer Design to relay the story to visitors of all ages of how Canons Ashby has evolved and been influenced by its inhabitants since the days when the majestic, medieval priory was home to the Augustinian canons from which Canons Ashby takes its name. The project will interpret the restoration of the garden to its former glorious 19th century design, create a guide to the walks around the park, refresh the church interpretation and present Canons Ashby as an ideal family destination. As well as the panels and trail guides, we will be producing a website where visitors can find out more before their visit, download trails and share their experiences.
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inHeritage News 03/02/08 Don Gorge comic, graphic novel and postcards
The lavishly illustrated comic and manga graphic novel were today delivered to Doncaster Museum along with the MyFind postcards. They are to be launched at an opening event on the 5th February featuring re-anactment and living history displays. Positively Prehistoric and Ancestors of the Don Gorge are featured as Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund good practice case studies by English Heritage.
The comic, graphic novel and postcards along with the archaeological report can be downloaded from the yourfind website www.yourfind.org.uk/links.html
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inHeritage News 05/11/07 Gunpowder Plot!
inHeritage are working on a new comic for Warwickshire Archaeology Service and the West Midlands Museum and Library Association. The 8-page comic aims to tell the story of the Warwickshire connection iin the gunpowder plot to 7-10 year olds. We are also delivering two cartoon workshops for 7-8 year olds to teach illustration skills and develop ideas that will go into the comic.
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inHeritage News 01/11/07 Yourfind website and cartoon workshops
The Discovering the Ancient Don Gorge website was launched today at Doncaster Museum. The website contains an online gallery of archaeological objects discovered in the Don Gorge, a history of the area and an interactive blog/YouTube section for schools. Visitors are able to vote for their favourite objects and the three most popular will be produced as MyFind postcards in February 2008. The website will also feature downloadable versions of project publications.
The website can be visited at www.yourfind.org.uk.
A series of 6 cartoon workshops hosted by public libraries in towns neighbouring the Don Gorge have also just ended. The workshops are led by the artists producing the comic and graphic novel. Ideas suggested by participants will be incorporated into the final publicatons.
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inHeritage News 01/09/07 Discovering the Ancient Don Gorge
We are delighted to announce the start of work on a new major project for the Doncaster area. Called Discovering the Ancient Don Gorge, it is a multi-disciplinary interpretative and educational project managed by the Don Gorge Strategic Partnership. inHeritage was contacted by Doncaster Museum on behalf of the Partnership in January to help prepare a bid to the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund to help reaise public awareness of archaeological finds made in the Don Gorge in advance of quarrying. The bid was successful. Working in partnership with the DGSP, South Yorkshire Archaeology Service and English Heritage, we re delivering an archaeological report, interactive website, cartoon workshops, comic for 7-11 year olds, a manga graphic novel for 12-13 year olds, object photography, a set of 3 postcards featuring finds and a series of community talks.
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inHeritage News 30/08/07 Poole's Cavern interpretative plan
We delivered the interpretative plan to Poole's Cavern today following a consultation with staff and stakeholders, and a review of existing interpretation. The plan covers the cavern, visitor centre and neighbouring Country Park.
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inHeritage News 17/08/07 Poole's Cavern Visitor new centre
inHeritage teamed up with HammerDesign of Hathersage to produce and install the exhibition display in Poole's Cavern new visitor centre. The new display takes up three interjoining spaces from the ticket desk to the cavern entrance. We built the exhibition around three themes - the history of cavern tourism, geology and archaeology. The majority of the exhibition comprises flat display panels. We also commissioned a stunning mural for a sloping ceiling by renowned artist Robert Nicholls of Paleocreations which shows the tropical lagoon surroundings of the site of the cavern over 250 million years ago. Three lifesize cartoon figures represent Poole the bandit, a Roman soldeir and a Romano-British metalworker. There is also one wall dedicated to an audio-visual presentation.
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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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