Updated: Tuesday 30th June 2009

The Summer Dig will enter its third week on Monday. A substantial road, building foundations and Roman graves have been uncovered with a multitude of pottery and coin finds. To accomodate the large number of visitors we will now offer tours of the site each day, including weekends, at 11.00am and 3.30pm.
It is not too late if you live locally and would like to volunteer. All we ask is that you be willing to work a few hours in a day over several days so that the initial training you will receive can be used effectively. You can either excavate or help to wash and sort the pottery finds. You don't need to be there every day or all day. To sign-up either visit the site or call 811 745 for more information.

Photos from the Summer Dig June 2009 Summer Dig

Pictures from Viking Day 7th June
Thanks to all NAG members who volunteered their time and effort to organise another annual event. The morning provided some good entertainment and a good turn-out of an estimated 300-350 visitors. Sadly, the afternoon brought pouring rain and we abandoned the event at 1pm with thunder in the air.
I still managed to get some good pictures which you can see in navenby.net Picture gallery

Jaqui Wheeler won the ladies' Best Costume competition and Adam Coates took the prize for the men.

Do We Celebrate the Romans leaving Britain?
Work is underway to do just that with digs, lectures and exhibitions.
More details at 410 Project

The Costume Workshop attracted a strong turn-out on Saturday - with preparations well in hand for Viking Day on 7th June. Thanks to Pauline Loven for all her help.

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The Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire is establishing a program of volunteer stewards to assess and document historic buildings around the county. Meetings are being held at various locations around the county. More details at Lincs Heritage website.

Each year, NAG holds a competition for local schools to design artwork for our event poster. This year's theme is The Vikings. The entries were independently judged by Carlton-le-Moorland Art Group.
Many thanks to all the pupils from Navenby, Bassingham and Coleby who entered.
The Winners

Navenby Excavation
The details of the Summer Dig project organized by NDC Group Ltd. and Preconstruct Archaeology have now been announced. This will involve uncovering the supposed Roman Shrine on the land west of High Dyke for further study and also investigating the track of the Jurassic Way that predated Ermine Street. NAG members will support Preconstruct but a key objective of the project is to involve much wider public participation and local schools in the excavation which will take place over 28 days during summer. About 15 - 20 volunteers will be needed each day working under the supervision of the professional archaeology team. For more background and details of public participation read the Project Announcement.

Movie clip
A movie clip of the Roman Day march along Ermine Street. See the link on the right. You will need broadband to view it or - right click the link and use Save Target As to save the movie to your disk and view it whenever you like.

Project Update
The latest update for the High Dyke Project from our work in 2008. High Dyke update

This shows a typical collection of finds from a single grid square with samples of Roman Greyware, Medieval pottery, building material and more modern items.