After five days of blistering sun when the rain came it was torrential. All the diggers were quite quickly soaked but still…
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Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary: Day Six
Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary: Day Five
Day five at Shrewsbury Castle began by resolving the deeper trench surrounding the 1920’s water pipe. As we know that what surrounded…
Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary: Day Four
Day four of the dig at Shrewsbury Castle saw the archaeology getting really complicated. At our end of the trench it was…
Event to mark 50 Years since the closure of Alveley Colliery
Severn Valley Country Park is holding a family friendly event on Sunday 6 October to mark 50 years since the closure of…
Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary – Day Three
Day three of the excavation has seen us move through the lower part of layer two. We have begun to find more…
Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary – Day Two
Day two has been spent skimming any remaining top soil with spades. Next the teams worked back across the trench in lines,…
Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary – Day One
Day one saw us break ground inside the walls of the castle for the first time. Peeling back the turf and slowly…
Wartime Farm: Step back to the 1940s home front this August
Step back to life on a 1940s farm this August with Acton Scott Historic Working Farm at ‘Wartime Farm’. Wartime Farm will…
History set to be uncovered at Shrewsbury Castle excavation
The the first ever excavation of Shrewsbury Castle is underway and the castle is open for you to visit. The excavation will…
New surface for AstroTurf pitch at Shrewsbury Sports Village
A new surface on the Astro Turf football pitch at Shrewsbury Sports Village will open next Monday (22 July 2019). Work started…
