Day eight of the dig at Shrewsbury Castle and the rain left us. We had an incredibly sunny day with more volunteers…
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Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary: Day Eight
Volunteers wanted to help treasure local memories
Severn Valley Country Park are looking for volunteers to help capture the memories of local people that can be treasured and accessible…
A classic thriller calls on Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury
The full cast has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of Stephen Daldry’s seminal production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller…
Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary: Day Six
After five days of blistering sun when the rain came it was torrential. All the diggers were quite quickly soaked but still…
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…
