Dates (2010)
Starts April 2010
End: August 2010
Field school fees
2010 Season Fee: £185.00
(Note: Conditions apply. Once the fee is paid, there will be NO refund of fees if cancelled 4 weeks before the dig date booked. A refunded fee will be available in the case of ill health, not liking digging after the first week is not a valid reason for a refund; £50 from the advance fee is non refundable).
This includes refreshments and lunch.
Accommodation is not provided but is available in the local area. We hold a list of local accommodation if needed.
Students have stayed at these locations:
www.donnington-guesthouse.co.uk
Valley View Touring Park (Only if you have transport)
Carnon Downs Caravan Park (Only if you have transport)
Within walking distance is the Kings Head in Chacewater.
Please contact us for bookings or for more information contact Jacqui. or woodjacqui@yahoo.co.uk
To make a 2010 booking please click here for a PDF document.
Once the document is open on your screen. Click the print button, complete the form and return by post to the address at the bottom of the form.
Typical Weekly Lunch Menu at Saveock
Every day you will have a piece of fruit and a packet of Crisps except on Tuesday when you get a piece of Home Made Cake instead of Crisps
Roll with chicken Tikki or Chinese spiced Chicken with mayo and lettuce
Roll with Roast Beef and Horseradish sauce or Roast pork and Apple sauce
Roll with Smoked Salmon, cream cheese, lemon juice and black pepper
Roll with Ham, Lettuce, Tomato and Mayo
Roll with Homous and salad
Vegetarian options
Cheddar celery and mayo
Brie and cranberry sauce
Boursin cheese and lettuce
Cream cheese, cucumber and marmite
Salad
Blue cheese lettuce and mayo
There is always a full tin of biscuits every day and a variety of Herbal Tea, Fruit Teas, Green Teas, Tea, Coffee and Hot chocolate.
There is also a selection of fruit squash and our own spring water.
Featured Accommodation
Polgwedhen is
situated at the end of a
private lane, approximately ½ mile long at Greenbottom, near Chacewater, just west of
We are former hoteliers and ran a Country House Hotel for some 20 years. Now we very much enjoy welcoming guests to Polgwedhen.
One double bedroom and one twin bedroom is available for guests with guest bathroom adjacent. Both bedrooms have garden and lake views.
Breakfast is either Full English or Continental as required, cooked on the AGA and served in the Sun Lounge overlooking the gardens to the lake beyond.
Field School
We have just finished our ninth season if you want detailed information about the dig week by week this year, look at the Dig Diaries link on the home page.
The earliest period being the Mesolithic to 17th century pagan deposits. Students are not required to have any experience in archaeology. They we will be taught all the basic excavation techniques during the first week, also students can book as many weeks as their course requires. Following weeks they will move around the site and do more post excavation work too.
During the following weeks the students have the opportunity to dig on different areas of the site to broaden their excavation experience. We welcome beginners and keen amateurs too. This is a permanent archaeology centre and we have full indoor facilities during wet weather (look at the tour of our facilities from the drop down menu).
Each week the students are welcome to attend an illustrated lecture on Experimental Archaeology, by the world renowned expert on this subject Jacqui Wood the site director.
This site is quite unique in many ways and has featured on Discovery Channel News website for the pagan swan feather pits two seasons ago. Parents can excavate with their children providing they are over 14 years old. The site is situated in a delightful south facing valley bordered by a stream and ideally situated to visit the many ancient monuments in the county.
If you still have the energy after a day's digging, Cornwall offers the best surfing beaches in the UK, the nearest beach to the site is within four miles, TRURO is only three miles away offering shops, pubs, bars, restaurants and clubs. Even closer is the village of Chacewater, which also has various amenities.
The Day starts at 10:00 and usually finishes around 4.00.