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Two National Trust properties featured on the latest series of Digging for Britain – Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire and St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall.

Catch up on BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
A view of an archaeological trench with a group of archaeologists in hi-viz clothing, located at the bottom of a stone and vegetated cliff with the historic castle at the top A group of archaeologists in a small trench with a possible stone pathway in the foreground. A camera operator is filming their work
February 11, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Would you like to curate a lecture series? Could you support the work of our society? Would you like to attend field visits? Are you retired or working PT? If so, the role of Honorary Secretary might be right for you!
The role is voluntary but expenses are paid.
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View of the Crypt at Canterbury Cathedral
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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✨ An Evening with National Trust Archaeologists ✨

Ever wondered what archaeology looks like behind the scenes at National Trust places?

Join the CBA for a free online evening exploring the archaeology cared for by National Trust, including community digs, hilltop enclosures and Roman gold mining.
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Great few days with our brilliant @nattrustarch.bsky.social team. For the record I was team outdoors 🌧☔️🌬🥶
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Our team has been at Attingham - our first full team meeting since 2024. Workshops included sessions on GIS, significance, industrial heritage & research projects. Some braved the weather to explore the estate, while others opted for the 'indoor' tour!
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Entrence from the park into the stables at Attingham. A decorated iron gate arch framed with stone and brickwork looks out over paths, fences and green parkland A group of people in a room sat around a u-shaped table. A presenter is standing at the front of the room with a screen showing images beside them A group of people wearing weatherproof clothing standing in a green field with trees behind them. It is raining quite a bit but they look happy Four people taking a selfie in a large mirror. The room is highly decorated with columns and panelling with a pale blue paint scheme with embellishments in gold. There is a large chandelier hanging above them. They look happy.
February 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Our team has been at Attingham - our first full team meeting since 2024. Workshops included sessions on GIS, significance, industrial heritage & research projects. Some braved the weather to explore the estate, while others opted for the 'indoor' tour!
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#archaeology #team
Entrence from the park into the stables at Attingham. A decorated iron gate arch framed with stone and brickwork looks out over paths, fences and green parkland A group of people in a room sat around a u-shaped table. A presenter is standing at the front of the room with a screen showing images beside them A group of people wearing weatherproof clothing standing in a green field with trees behind them. It is raining quite a bit but they look happy Four people taking a selfie in a large mirror. The room is highly decorated with columns and panelling with a pale blue paint scheme with embellishments in gold. There is a large chandelier hanging above them. They look happy.
February 6, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Tonight on Digging for Britain, a team from Durham University and the National Trust are at St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall.

They’re searching for evidence of Bronze Age tin processing and exploring the results of new scientific research into its export across Europe.

Tune in at 8pm on BBC Two!
A view of an archaeological trench with a group of archaeologists in hi-viz clothing, located at the bottom of a stone and vegetated cliff with the historic castle at the top Three people huddled around each other looking at some archaeological finds that are being held by a man wearing blue gloves An aerial image of an archaeological trench surrounded by grass and some boulders, with a group of archaeologists working and wearing hi viz vests.
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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We're delighted to spend a few days in each other's company on the Attingham Estate and around Shrewsbury for a CPD session.

Yesterday we refreshed ourselves on the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), which support how we care for our places, followed by a walking tour of Shrewsbury.
A group of people in a room, sat around a large table A group of people looking at black and white timber framed buildings at night A group of people walking down a cobbled street at night, with historic brick buildings either side A stone tower at night
February 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Join the team from the National Trust and York Archaeology on Digging for Britain tonight at 8pm on BBC Two to find out more about the investigations in Summer 2025 to find the house of Isaac Newton's mother, Hannah.

You can read more about the discoveries here: bit.ly/4k5VttB
A group of archaeologists in a small trench with a possible stone pathway in the foreground. A camera operator is filming their work A fragment of a 17th century bellarmine jug showing the full face of a bearded man cast into the pottery in a finds tray A 17th century ‘jetton’, used as a gaming token, in the palm of a gloved hand
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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There's a double helping of excavations at National Trust places on #DiggingforBritain this week!

Wednesday 4th: Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire
Thursday 5th: St Michael's Mount, Cornwall

You can watch the episodes at 8pm on BBC Two, or on BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
A view of an archaeological trench with a group of archaeologists in hi-viz clothing, located at the bottom of a stone and vegetated cliff with the historic castle at the top A group of archaeologists in a small trench with a possible stone pathway in the foreground. A camera operator is filming their work
February 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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We hope you’ve enjoyed our little review of projects and discoveries from 2025!

As archaeologists for the National Trust, we help care for nearly 100,000 sites of archaeological and historic interest across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Archaeologists working at the Parterre at Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire | © National Trust Images/Mike Selby
January 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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During November 2025, we shared some of our recent work at Chartwell. This included the creation of two 3D models by @artfletch.bsky.social & some very distinctive artefacts found by the Garden team - three metal disks, labelled 'Pol Roger &Co' found in a disused drain 🍾🥂
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A small metal disk on a tape measure for scale, labelled 'Pol Roger'. Pol Roger champagne was one of Sir Winston's favourite drinks and he is known to have regularly ordered cases from the early 1900s onwards. The metal disks we have found were placed on the necks of the champagne bottles. Screenshot of the 3D model of the Study at Chartwell, showing the space lit with a hanging light fixture, the beams of the medival roof with a banner hanging from them, paintings on the walls, bookshelves and armchairs and desks
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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🔍 New clues to Chedworth's lost 1860s archive!

Martin Papworth shares news on research being undertaken by Chedworth volunteer Jeanette, including the discovery of articles in newspapers and letters relating to the 1864-1868 excavations.

Read more about the archive here: bit.ly/4qNZd5u
Mosaic in the Dining Room at Chedworth Roman Villa depicting Bacchus and Ariadne © National Trust Images / Ian Shaw
January 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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Last October, Stourhead HART volunteers, with the help of Steve Timms, SW archaeologist, undertook an investigation in the walled garden to locate the lost pine houses of “Henry the Magnificent”. 🧵
An archaeological trench in the walled garden at Stourhead
January 26, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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We're continuing our look back at 2025 discoveries and fieldwork, with a revisit to the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire, where last September an enthusiastic team of volunteers were led by archaeologists from @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social. 🧵
An aerial view of Wimpole Hall with archaeological trenches, spoil heaps and a small gazebo on the front lawn
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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✨ An Evening with National Trust Archaeologists ✨

Ever wondered what archaeology looks like behind the scenes at National Trust places?

Join the CBA for a free online evening exploring the archaeology cared for by National Trust, including community digs, hilltop enclosures and Roman gold mining.
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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A look back on the dig at #Bodiam during August 2025: our team of over 140 volunteers found evidence for #Roman & #medieval activity across the landscape. Our final season of excavations at the site is this summer - watch this space!
#Bodiam100 @nationaltrust.org.uk 🏺
📷Alfie Lindsay & Jane Sidell
An archaeologist surveying using a dumpy level An archaeologist bringing a wheelbarrow down a ramp after emptying soil onto the spoil heap. An archaeologist in a trench holding a trowel and smiling. The boots of another archaeologist digging behind them are visible in the picture Two archaeologists in a trench under a canopy for shade. They are both holding mattocks for digging and are smiling happily
January 21, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Last July provided us with a wealth of opportunities to learn more about the places in the care of the National Trust as part of the Festival of Archaeology including:

🔍 Ground penetrating radar surveys at Dunster Castle in Somerset, in search of remains of the Norman motte and bailey castle
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Last June, @timeteam.bsky.social returned to Garden Field at Sutton Hoo to continue Phase 2 of their research project to find out more about the archaeology of the Suffolk site, which is famous for the ship burial discovered there in 1939. 🧵
An official Time Team Sutton Hoo Dig 2024-2025 t-shirt being worn by a person with long hair and a blue baseball cap
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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Last May saw the University of Exeter’s Archaeology Field School return to the Killerton Estate in Devon to continue investigations into the search for the lost Elizabethan manor at Columbjohn, with support from Killerton’s HART team and NT Archaeologist, Cat Lodge. 🧵
An area of excavated cobbled floor surface in a trench Several archaeologists in hi viz jackets recording archaeological features in a trench
January 14, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Happy birthday to us!

Our founders – Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley – believed that nature, beauty and history were for everyone. On this day in 1895, they set up the National Trust and we're proud to continue their work today.

Thank you to all those who support what we do.
View across a Welsh bay from a gorse covered patch of hill. There is a glowing low light across the landscape with cool blue sky across the water. It evokes a feeling of peacefulness and calm.
January 12, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Last April, we were flying the flag for the National Trust as we shared some of the exciting collaborations we're engaged with at the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists Conference.
January 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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✨ An Evening with National Trust Archaeologists

Ever wondered what archaeology looks like behind the scenes at National Trust places? Join us and @nattrustarch.bsky.social for a free online evening exploring community digs and hilltop enclosures to Roman gold mining.

Book here 👉 shorturl.at/85Avq
January 11, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Continuing with our round up of discoveries and projects in 2025, we're heading back to March, and the announcement that Flagstones in Dorset was found to be older than Stonehenge. 🧵
Archaeological reconstruction drawing of what the site at Flagstone would have looked like in the Neolithic period (Jennie Anderson)
January 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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In early 2025 Malachy Conway, our Northern Ireland archaeologist, was overseeing a programme of archaeological monitoring and recording by Northern Archaeological Consultancy at the Castle Ward Estate in County Down. 🧵
Mal Conway, National Trust archaeologist, crouches down on top of an area being archaeologically excavated, which includes the remnants of buildings such as drains and walls
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Now, @hannahfluck.bsky.social Senior Archaeologist at @nattrustarch.bsky.social on the Past as an Opportunity in Landscape and Nature Recovery .
#QRA2026ADM
January 7, 2026 at 3:06 PM