Since 2013 the Sherwood Forest Archaeology Project has provided FREE Community Archaeology opportunities for different groups and individuals to experience their Local Heritage together.
The Sherwood Forest Archaeology Project engages people from any background and from all walks of life and ages; including adults with learning difficulties, young people, as well as those currently out of work desiring transferable skills, students needing experience, and volunteers, in this landscape of legends and folklore, all overseen by professional archaeologists.
Community Archaeology can be a great source of social good as well as education. The project combines community archaeology, research and outreach work-
The project also offers the highest quality archaeological training to students , amateurs and professionals through a number of training courses and annual fieldschools, and other charged-
Please click on the links on the left to learn more about this amazing project.
Come and be part of the Future of Sherwood’s Past.
Winners 2016
The Future of Sherwood’s Past
The Sherwood Forest Archaeology Project
Award Winners 2016
for "Engaging people in the heritage, history & archaeology of Sherwood Forest".
Some funders and partners:
World-
Community Archaeology Nottinghamshire, Community Archaeology Derbyshire, Community Archaeology Leicestershire, Community Archaeology East Midlands, Mercian Archaeological Services Community Archaeology for Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Sherwood Forest, Leicestershire and the East Midlands. Community Archaeology Nottinghamshire, Community Archaeology East Midlands, Community Archaeology Leicestershire. Archaeological
Sherwood Forest is a place of myths and legends known throughout the world as the home of Robin Hood.
The Sherwood Forest Archaeology Project is a long-
The project combines the highest quality research with public engagement, and enables people from all walks of life to become involved in an amazing long-
The project aims to research the Sherwood Forest area from the prehistoric to the present day.
From Prehistoric activity, Roman villas and field-
The Sherwood Forest Archaeology Project seeks to discover, record, and interpret the archaeology of the Forest as a whole, and to promote it through public involvement; to a local, regional, national and global audience, and therefore help to protect it and preserve it for future generations.
The project consists of many individual research topics across the Sherwood Forest area, and combines these into one overall long-
This project is the first time Sherwood Forest as a whole has been subject to a landscape-
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The Sherwood Forest
National Nature Reserve Archaeology Survey
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Long term Research at
King John’s Palace:
Ancient Royal Heart of Sherwood Forest
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The Sherwood Forest Archaeology Training Fieldschool
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“Scirwuda-
Ghost and Shadow woods of Sherwood Forest Project
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Investigating Thynghowe Viking
Meeting Site
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Searching for the
The Battle of Hatfield
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Fieldswork at St Edwin’s Chapel
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St Mary’s Norton-
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Mapping Medieval Sherwood Forest
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The Sherwood Forest LiDAR
Project
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Warsop Old Hall
Archaeological Project
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The Sherwood Villages Project:
Settlement Development in the Forest
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Researching Edward IIs fortification at Clipstone Peel
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The Cistercians of Rufford Project:
Settlement Development, Dynamics and Desertion.
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Sherwood Forest Environmental Survey
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World War II in Sherwood Forest -
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About Medieval Sherwood Forest
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Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest
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Community Archaeology in Derbyshire
Community Archaeology in Leicestershire
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