Welcome to the Tees Archaeology website

This website has been created to allow you to learn more about the archaeology of the lower Tees Valley and the activities of our service.

You can use the site to find out about our past and future projects, download newsletters, booklets and reports.

For those of you who want to get involved we have pages on volunteering opportunities. We hope that there is something here for everyone, wherever you are in the world and whatever your age or level of interest in the subject.

You can contact Tees Archaeology at:-

Sir William Gray House

Clarence Road

Hartlepool

TS24 8BT

Telephone: 01429 523455

Email: tees.archaeology@hartlepool.gov.uk

...or even flag us as one of your favourites? You never know what new and exciting finds may have been discovered when you next visit.

Saxon Princess Exhibition opens at Kirkleatham Museum

Finds from the Teesside Archaeological Society excavations at Street House Farm are now on display in a new dedicated gallery at Kirkleatham Museum, nr. Redcar.  The exhibition includes all the Treasure finds from this Anglo-Saxon cemetery, a short film about the discovery and lots of interactives for children of all ages.  Click here for opening times and directions.  Check our Street House Project Pages for more information on the site.

Newsletter Relaunch

Many of you will be aware that our former printed newsletter fell foul of budget cuts.  In order to inform you of our activities we have launched an electroninc newsletter which we hope to distibute regularly.

Click here for a copy of the latest issue.

Quarry Farm Romano-British Villa, Ingleby Barwick

A new page has been created, detailling the excavation of a villa complex at Ingleby Barwick. Find out more by clicking here.

Teesside Archaeology Society Excavations at Street House 2011 Season

Our partners in Teesside Archaeology Society are carrying out a further season of archaeological excavation at Street House near Loftus.  This year they are targeting a number of potentially early prehistoric features.  Click here to download a summary (.pdf 96kb).  There will be an open day at the site on Sunday 18th September between 10am and 4pm.  Site tours will be conducted on the hour between 11am and 3pm.  Please see the above summary link for details of where to find the site.

Events Programme 2011

We have just updated our Upcoming Events page with the programme for 2011,  including a further season of building recording at Stockton Town Centre.

Find out how to get involved by clicking here.

North East Yorkshire Mesolithic Project

The full report on the Mesolithic Project 2010 season at Bransdale and Wetherhouse Moor is now available to download.

For further information please visit our North East Yorkshire Mesolithic Project web page.