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Viewing swaag.org website implies consent to set cookies on your computer. Full details Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group
Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation Number 1155775
SWAAG Honorary President:
Tim Laurie F,S,A,
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 Record ID Heading Last Update
 182 Early Medieval Lindisfarne 25-03-2024 09:51:47
 181 Botanical remains at Healaugh 06-03-2024 15:26:47
 180 Maiden Castle and other Scheduled Monuments 26-02-2024 14:43:06
 179 Changing environment and Roman artefacts 28-01-2024 16:21:04
 178 Stones, standards, and standing men 25-01-2024 14:24:58
 177 Aysgarth and Castle Dykes Saturday 18th November 2023 07-01-2024 12:11:49
 176 The Stainmore 29-11-2023 15:54:14
 175 Isotope analysis 10-11-2023 14:33:54
 174 Surveying at Grinton 10-11-2023 14:32:33
 173 Bones and more bones 22-10-2023 15:26:23
 172 Slei Gill Walk 9th September 2023 03-10-2023 14:34:11
 171 Visit to Gueswick Hill with Altogether Archaeology 29-09-2023 17:15:12
 170 Druids and Romans 21-09-2023 18:46:39
 169 East Mellwaters Walk 04-08-2023 16:31:13
 168 Famine, Pestilence, and the Scots 04-08-2023 16:05:55
 167 The Roman Road across Swaledale 12-07-2023 09:34:33
 166 Ballowfields Walk 19th April 2023 07-07-2023 13:44:44
 165 Gueswick Hills 30-04-2023 10:41:56
 164 Muker 13-04-2023 15:53:37
 163 Stone platforms, standing stones and stone circles 06-03-2023 15:59:15
 162 “The other Maiden Castle” 14-01-2023 17:52:14
 161 West Yorkshire – the Kingdom of Elmet? 17-11-2022 15:01:06
 160 Aurochs and Elk 23-10-2022 13:27:55
 159 Summer Activities 2022 30-09-2022 17:44:03
 158 A Walk to Maiden Castle 27-07-2022 12:58:28
 157 Cumbria – the last outpost of English resistance? 17-06-2022 12:47:09
 156 Bishops, Castles, and Palaces 28-05-2022 16:59:27
 155 Scots Dyke - A talk and two walks 26-05-2022 14:30:16
 154 Touching the Past 14-04-2022 09:14:10
 153 Here, there and who knows where? 13-04-2022 16:43:41
 152 Talks with a Geology theme 29-01-2022 15:08:25
 151 Place names 20-11-2021 15:39:08
 150 A wet and windy walk 18-11-2021 16:59:23
 149 Anglo-Saxon remains in Bamburgh 11-11-2021 14:28:26
 148 Another delightful Sunday Amble 20-11-2021 18:03:43
 147 Last day of this year's dig 01-10-2021 15:32:12
 146 Closing down 30-09-2021 16:38:42
 145 Reeth/ Gunnerside visit 29-09-2021 14:48:01
 144 Further discoveries 28-09-2021 16:14:06
 143 Welcoming Young Archaeologists to the Hagg 28-09-2021 07:44:46
 142 Where's the tent? 23-09-2021 16:42:26
 141 Day three: more features and finds 22-09-2021 16:33:23
 140 Day two: interesting finds 21-09-2021 15:50:16
 139 First day of the dig goes well 20-09-2021 16:37:12
 138 This year's dig: Setting Up  21-09-2021 15:54:02
 137 Two enjoyable walks 12-09-2021 17:45:20
 136 Bede and Anglo-Saxon Northumbria 14-07-2021 16:16:38
 135  Members' Online Meeting 13th July 04-07-2021 10:03:26
 134 The Story of Schools 17-06-2021 13:06:17
 133 Conclusions about the Swaledale Dykes by Alan and Judith MIlls 12-06-2021 12:39:49
 132 SWAAG AGM and the Swaledale Dyke System Revisited 26-05-2021 12:55:52
 131 Neolithic farming techniques 16-05-2021 17:23:24
 130 Members' Meeting 11th May 27-04-2021 12:56:00
 129 Evolution of Hartlepool Through the Ages 14-04-2021 14:53:25
 128  Members' Meeting, 7pm on Tuesday 13th April 05-04-2021 09:42:54
 127 The Bloody Wall
A talk by Sheila Ickringill
 11-03-2021 07:39:36
 126 Members' Online Meeting Tuesday 9th March 01-03-2021 18:38:14
 125 Join us online on Tuesday, 9th February 04-02-2021 11:01:39
 124 Romans in Morecambe Bay? A talk by Peter Denison-Edson 03-02-2021 21:31:00
 123 High Noon on Harkerside 14-01-2021 10:41:19
 122 Next Members' Meeting Tuesday 12th January 10-01-2021 14:12:34
 121 Join us on the Hagg in 2021 07-01-2021 10:52:09
 120 The Harrying of the North; 1066 and all that 09-12-2020 15:37:08
 119 Our next Members' Meeting on Zoom 8th December 23-11-2020 13:45:53
 118 Our Inaugural Zoom Talk, November 10th 11-11-2020 12:41:57
 117 SWAAG meetings restart, online 25-10-2020 13:53:06
 116 Applegarth Enclosed Settlement 20-11-2021 18:10:05
 115 Hagg Dig Postponed to 2021 21-08-2020 12:53:26
 114 Events Postponed 16-05-2020 12:34:56
 113 The Hagg 2020 12-02-2020 15:15:18
 112 Meeting Tuesday 11th Postponed  10-02-2020 12:37:41
 111 Members' Meeting Tuesday 11th February 19-01-2020 13:36:48
 110 Fascinating talk about Textiles 17-01-2020 14:00:48
 109 Members' Meeting Tuesday 14th January 08-01-2020 09:01:48
 108 Looking forward to 2020 31-12-2019 11:43:08
 107 Flying the flag for Swaledale 28-11-2019 11:00:10
 106 Alice Roberts' Digging for Britain 13-11-2019 14:29:29
 105 Founder's Lecture 7pm 12th November 02-11-2019 12:29:53
 104 Visit to the Hancock Museum in Newcastle 13-10-2019 17:55:14
 103 Dairy Days 09-10-2019 12:51:34
 102 Talk tonight, 7pm at The Buck: all welcome! 08-10-2019 12:24:22
 101 New MOOC beginning soon 08-10-2019 12:27:52
 100 Excellent talk by Charlotte Roberts 23-09-2019 13:20:44
 99 Dr Charlotte Roberts to speak at our next meeting 18-08-2019 13:27:41
 97 Is this a souterrain? 24-07-2019 09:49:43
 96 Saying goodbye for another year 23-07-2019 15:34:36
 95 Where's the tent? 22-07-2019 16:55:09
 94 Some last-minute surprises 21-07-2019 17:44:18
 93 Day twelve 20-07-2019 14:26:58
 92 A big thank-you to Newcastle Archaeology Dept.  19-07-2019 16:40:53
 91 A visit from Reeth School 18-07-2019 17:05:42
 90 Day Eight 18-07-2019 05:40:46
 89 Day Seven 17-07-2019 15:57:31
 88 Day Six 17-07-2019 15:57:53
 87 Day Five: At last some pottery! 17-07-2019 15:58:09
 86 Day Four: YACs on site 17-07-2019 15:58:37
 85 Day Three 17-07-2019 15:59:06
 84 Day Two 17-07-2019 15:59:36
 83 2019 Dig Day One 14-07-2019 19:14:21
 81 Our 2019 excavation starts this week! 08-07-2019 09:27:03
 80 New research on Viking skeletons in Britain - isotopes, peptides and cremations  12-06-2019 09:53:32
 78 Surveying The Hagg Site 07-05-2019 11:20:46
 77 SWAAG 10 year celebration (and AGM) 10-04-2019 09:09:05
 76 Join us for this year's dig! 28-03-2019 22:00:16
 75 Excellent Talk by Jane Sammells  19-02-2019 13:35:49
 73 Surveying Project  23-01-2019 18:32:04
 71 Excellent talk by Stuart Ross 23-01-2019 17:43:40
 70 Ave, Magister! 14-11-2018 17:29:41
 69 Talk by Peter Denison-Edson November 13th 06-11-2018 13:18:23
 68 Meeting, 9th October and walk 10th October both postponed 08-10-2018 18:22:33
 67 October Meeting 20-09-2018 13:56:22
 66 Roman Pottery Workshop with Graham Taylor; the finished results! 01-09-2018 14:58:20
 65 Post-excavation: finds processing begins 28-07-2018 09:06:56
 64 ...all done! 19-07-2018 15:32:02
 63 The digger arrives 18-07-2018 15:54:40
 62 More questions as time runs out 17-07-2018 18:13:32
 61 Flurry of activity to complete with one more day to go 16-07-2018 19:08:11
 60 Celebrating success! July 15th 15-07-2018 17:22:48
 59 VIP Day 14-07-2018 16:22:59
 58 Rain stops play 13-07-2018 14:04:23
 57 Reeth/ Gunnerside School visit the site 13-07-2018 14:03:02
 56 Arkengarthdale School and a Special Visitor 12-07-2018 16:38:05
 55 Quern stone and fossil frenzy 11-07-2018 17:14:16
 54 The Great Romano-British Bake-off. 10-07-2018 16:00:14
 53 Day Six: more stone 09-07-2018 16:44:57
 52 Day Five: so much stone! 08-07-2018 15:50:16
 51 Day four: some exciting developments 07-07-2018 16:01:53
 50 Day Three; good progress 06-07-2018 15:37:30
 49 Taking shape 05-07-2018 16:18:30
 48 ...and off we go! 04-07-2018 16:08:38
 47 Getting ready for our 2018 dig 02-07-2018 15:54:33
 46 Arkengarthdale School enjoy being History Detectives in Reeth 21st June 2018 22-06-2018 12:46:04
 45 SWAAG Talk: Dr James Gerrard, Tuesday 19th June 20-06-2018 09:52:12
 44 Roman Pottery Expert Interprets Hagg Finds  23-05-2018 10:49:07
 43 Potted History comes to Reeth 09-05-2018 09:03:34
 42 Potted History 01-05-2018 10:46:57
 41 Exhibition and Talk about The Hagg 16-04-2018 12:00:02
 40 May is Pottery Month for SWAAG members 26-02-2018 12:38:56
 39 A New Tent for 2018! 04-02-2018 14:53:11
 38 Roman Pottery Expert to Interpret Hagg Finds at Members Meeting February 13th 23-01-2018 10:06:57
 37 Healaugh and Muker Manor Court Books 22-01-2018 10:14:35
 36 Keld Heads lead mining and smelting complex - walk led by Dave Brooks 19-11-2017 17:18:12
 35 Peter Denison-Edson gives a talk on the Later Roman Army 17-11-2017 12:36:54
 33 Distinguished speakers from SWAAG today at the CBA Yorkshire Autumn Showcase in York 04-11-2017 21:17:46
 32 Trip to Vindolanda 21-10-2017 11:19:55
 31 Ecce Romani! 07-10-2017 12:55:51
 27 Looking back to the Hagg 29-07-2017 14:03:13
 26 The Hagg statistics prove it: a mammoth achievement! 28-07-2017 05:20:09
 25 The Hagg site; reflections on the layout. 25-07-2017 18:41:55
 24 Finds processing 24-07-2017 15:52:48
 23 Graham Taylor: potter extraordinaire! 23-07-2017 17:58:24
 22 Working with local schools 22-07-2017 11:33:20
 21 There is still lots to do... 21-07-2017 16:20:00
 20 Day Fifteen: SWAAG One, Tree Nil 20-07-2017 19:40:08
 19 Day Fourteen: backfilling and returfing 19-07-2017 16:47:03
 18 Day Thirteen: the beginning of the end 18-07-2017 16:54:46
 17 Day Twelve: Summer comes to The Hagg 17-07-2017 17:14:20
 16 Day Eleven: Some hard work and then a BBQ! 16-07-2017 17:51:32
 15 Day Ten: Younger generation join in the digging! 15-07-2017 16:55:58
 14 Some key features 21-07-2017 14:59:45
 13 Day Ten: A front porch? 15-07-2017 10:46:10
 12 Day Nine: Distinguished visitors  13-07-2017 16:22:20
 11 Day Eight: Welcome to Arkengarthdale School  12-07-2017 13:53:02
 10 Day Seven: Confirmation that The Hagg is a regionally important Romano-British site 11-07-2017 16:46:15
 9 Day Six: Substantial progress and an apology 10-07-2017 18:41:22
 8 Day Five: Twitterstorm 10-07-2017 18:01:46
 7 Day Four: Gorgeous weather and a special visitor 08-07-2017 16:51:35
 6 Day Three: Interview with Project Manager Philip Bastow 07-07-2017 17:03:44
 5 Day two on The Hagg 06-07-2017 16:30:53
 4 A great start to Hagg Dig 2017 06-07-2017 08:25:37
 3 Ready, steady... 03-07-2017 15:56:45
 2 Arkengarthdale School Workshop  27-06-2017 15:44:06
 1 Reeth Memorial Hall Launch for SWAAG dig on The Hagg 23-01-2019 20:37:21