Newsletter

Dear All,

WELCOME!

Welcome to this first Newsletter for the Iron-Age (Nidderdale) Project. This new community archaeology group is exploring and unearthing previously undiscovererd historic iron smelting and smithing in and around the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in North Yorkshire.

Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, it is open to all and we begin with two special evening events:

Tuesday 26th August 2008 - Project Launch - with talk/display by Project members & an Introduction to Digging talk by local professional archaeologist, Kevin Cale. 7pm start with venue to be confirmed

Tuesday 2nd September 2008  - Introduction to Sketch survey on site in Dacre. No experience or talent required: it's an exercise that helps us all get our eyes tuned to the subtleties of the features. 7pm start. Please contact us for details of where to meet.

You are very welcome to join us on our site in Dacre - we meet every Tuesday at 10am. Just reply to this email and we shall let you know exactly where to meet us: please note that the site is on an exposed hillside and waterproofs/suncream and stout footwear are definitely required. May we stress that the site is on private property with no public right of way - access must be accompanied by a group leader at all times.

Whether you become a regular member of the Project, digging on our fascinating site (no experience necessary - training will be given!), taking part regularly or occasionally in our regular fieldwork Tuesdays or perhaps for the scheduled excavations only, or even if you cannot join us on our site, you can follow this, our story of exploration and discovery, in a "virtual" way through these short newsletters, which will be sent out weekly. It will also let you know of forthcoming events and excavations.

We hope you enjoy this opportunity to share our findings with you. If you know of anyone else who would like to keep up to date with our discoveries through these newsletters, please do let us know by replying to this email.

Should you NOT wish to receive the newsletters, please let us know, again by replying to this email, and we shall remove you from the list. Rest assured that no name and contact details will be passed on to anyone unless you specifically grant permission. There is no cost or commitment involved in association with these newsletters - they are simply for your information.

If you would like more information on our Project, please take a look at our website, www.iron-age.org.

All the very best,

Gillian Hovell

Secretary