events

Please note that events will be added during the year so please continue to re-visit the site.

Each walk will last for approximately one and a half to two hours. They are free and all are welcome. Please ensure that you wear suitable clothing. Details about these walks can also be found in the leaflets of the Countryside Services of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton

These provide an opportunity to visit an archaeological site or project or to meet Tees Archaeology staff. They are free and all are welcome.

These are fieldwork projects which might involve excavation or other types of fieldwork. Attendance is free and anybody over 18 is welcome to take part. A booking system is in place for these and special conditions may apply. Please contact Tees Archaeology well in advance if you wish to volunteer for a project.

May 12th - 23rd	Excavation in Stewart's Park, Middlesbrough.	Excavation on site of the medieval village of West Marton, the birthplace of Capt Cook. Volunteers welcome, pre-booking required. Leader Rachel Grahame.
May 18th	Open Day at Excavation in Stewart Park.	All welcome.
June 2nd – 27th	Excavation at Catcote, Summerhill, Hartlepool.	Excavation on Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement. This is a training excavation, volunteers welcome, pre-booking required. Leader Robin Daniels.
July 6th	History day at Flatts Lane Visitor Centre, Middlesbrough.	Presentation on the archaeology of the Eston Hills, activities and a chance to meet a member of Tees Archaeology staff. All welcome. For further information contact Redcar & Cleveland Countryside Service.
July 6th	Hartlepool Headland History Day.	Finds and information about the history of the headland and a chance to meet a member of Tees Archaeology staff. For further information contact Hartlepool Headland Local History group.
August 1st – 6th	Saltburn Rutway Survey, Redcar & Cleveland.	Survey of 18-19 th century rock cut tracks in the foreshore. Volunteers welcome, pre-booking required. Leader Gary Green.
August 21st	Maritime Archaeology Day, Capt Cook Birthplace Museum, Middlesbrough.	A range of displays and activities on the theme of Maritime Archaeology. Leaders Capt Cook Birthplace Museum and Gary Green.
September 29th – 3rd October	Eston Hills project, Redcar & Cleveland.	A project to survey the archaeology of the Eston Hills, based at Flatts Lane Visitor Centre. Volunteers welcome, pre-booking required. Leader Peter Rowe.
October 6th – 17th	Preston Park and the Stockton & Darlington Railway, Stockton-on-Tees.	A project to survey the remains of the first public railway in the world in Preston Park. Volunteers welcome, pre-booking required. Leader Robin Daniels.
October 15th	The Development of West Hartlepool Docks, Hartlepool, guided walk.	A walk around the docks led by Peter Rowe.
November 8th	Tees Archaeology Day School.	Coastal and Maritime archaeology. Further details will be available later in the year.

There will also be an opportunity to volunteer on a project looking at the mesolithic period on the North York Moors. The dates of this have yet to be finalised but will during the late summer.

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