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Our next session will be on Saturday 4th July and will be a visit to the dramatic Brean Down headland near Burnham on Sea.
Please email to book your place.
The visit is being organised for us by Ian Blake from the National Trust. Ian visited us last November to talk to us about all the amazing archaeology on the headland, ranging from prehistory, to Roman, Napoleonic and up to WWII. We now have the opportunity to visit all these amazing sites!
We will meet at 10.30am at the Cove Café car park at the base of the Down. This is a pay and display car park although parking is free for National Trust members (though you still need to register your car at the machine). Post code TA8 2RS. There are toilets in the car park.
I am waiting to hear from Ian about what time we will be back at the car park after our guided walk and will let everyone know asap.
PLEASE NOTE: There is a very steep climb up steps to the top of the headland which is almost 100m high. The walk we will be going on is approximately 3 miles. If you have any concerns, e.g. health issues which means you might not be able to manage this please think twice about attending.
Please bring:
Sensible footwear such as trainers or walking boots
Packed lunch and snacks
Plenty to drink
Sun hat and sun cream.
If the weather changes dramatically for the worse we may cancel as there is no shelter on the headland so keep an eye on your emails.
Our next MAYA session will be on Saturday 9th May and we will be visiting Fyne Court on the Quantock Hills, postcode TA5 2EH.
The session will run from 10.30am – 12.30pm. We will be joined by regional National Trust Archaeologist, Cat Lodge and we will be looking at landscape archaeology and spotting features of the lost house and arcadian gardens. Parking is free to National Trust members or £5 per vehicle, parents and guardians are welcome to drop off and pick up free of charge.
Please bring a snack and drink and wear weather appropriate clothing and sensible footwear, the paths can get quite muddy when it’s wet.
This visit was original scheduled for October last year but was cancelled at the last minute due to bad weather and we are delighted to be invited back!
Please email to book your place.
Saturday 6th January in the Learning Room at the
Museum of Somerset from 10.30am – 12.30pm.
As we all know archaeology is the study of the past and in several of
our 2023 sessions we looked at the different ways archaeologists record
what they find. In a fitting start to the New Year we will be looking
at the new ways we can use technology to digitally record and spread the
news of the latest archaeological discoveries as they happen!
Caroline Pathy-Barker will be showing us how to make an Archaeological
Blog! We will be thinking about the sort of questions we might need to
include and recording mini-interviews and uploading them.
Please could you bring a mobile phones if you have one. To make the
blog it would help if we can download an app so if necessary please
could you get permission to do this from your parents/carers. It would
save time if you could download the app beforehand so we will send out
the link asap. If you don’t have your own phone we can work in teams
with a MAYA Volunteer.
This will be an exciting session as it will also include the visit from
Rebecca from YAC HQ who will be talking to us about what we enjoy about
being a member of MAYA!
Please email to book your place on this fascinating session! When you
email please could you let me know if you have your own phone and send
confirmation from your parents/carers if you can download the app.
Our next session will be our Christmas Party on Saturday 2nd December! It will be held in the Learning Room in the Museum of Somerset in Taunton from 10.30am – 12.30pm.
In the session we will be looking at what the mid-winter solstice meant to people in the past based on the megalithic monuments the built. We will also be making our own solstice Christmas candles to take home! We will finish off with party food and games!
Please email to book your place for this fun and seasonal session!
MAYA Family Archaeology Day at the Museum of Somerset in conjunction with the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. Finds handling and identification, tours around Taunton Castle, sand pit dig and lots more!
Time: 10:30am – 4pm
The South Somerset Archaeological Research Group (SSARG), in conjunction with the National Trust and Mick Aston’s Young Archaeologists, will be continuing their geophysical survey of the gardens at Montacute House as part of the Council for British Archaeology’s annual Festival of Archaeology. Timed to coincide with the Farmers Market, members of the public will be able to freely access the grounds and have a go at carrying out a resistivity survey.
Time: 11am – 4pm
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