Manor Lodge Project
Between 21 June and 30 July 2010 The Department of Archaeology will be offering fieldwork training at the Scheduled Ancient Monument at Manor Lodge, Sheffield. The focus will be on the location of the medieval and sixteenth-century hunting lodge of Sheffield. The hunting lodge sat amidst medieval parkland, and was only subsumed within the urban sprawl from the 1930s. One of the most well-known events in the history of Sheffield Manor Lodge was the period in the late sixteenth century when Mary Queen of Scots spent part of her captivity there. She was in the custody of George Talbot, sixth Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife, known popularly as Bess of Hardwick. Our excavations seek to illuminate this period of Sheffield´s history, when the Manor Lodge was at the centre of events of national and international significance. Once the property passed into the hands of the Dukes of Norfolk the lodge fell into a ruinous state, and in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a pottery kiln was constructed at the site, coal mining occurred and workers´ cottages were built amidst the ruins. All traces of this industrial activity were stripped away in the early twentieth century, and one of our aims is to throw light on this aspect of the site´s history.
Specialist Field Schools
As well as running excavation training, we are offering specialist field schools designed to introduce students to various aspects of post-excavation analysis;
Environmental Archaeology, 28 June-2 July
Human Osteology, 5-9 July
Historic Buildings, 12-16 July
Material Culture, 19-23 July
Experimental Metal Working, 11th & 18th July
Day Courses
If you would like to participate in the excavations for a shorter amount of time then perhaps one of our introductory days Introduction to Archaeology, Artefacts Handling or The Buildings of Manor Lodge would be of interest to you.
Day Courses
Accommodation
We can arrange great value accommodation in university halls of residence, and there are both single en-suite rooms available for £21.28 per room per night or double en-suite rooms available for £25.53. If you wish to book somewhere to stay, please download the booking form via the right-hand link.
For further information please contact
Mrs Jerneja Wilmott
email : j.willmott@sheffield.ac.uk
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