ASE community project nominated for Youth Engagement Project of the Year!

7 July 2022

The Stiances Archaeological Project (set up and run by Archaeology South-East) has been shortlisted for an award in the Council for British Archaeology/Marsh Community Archaeology Awards 2022.

A group of children crouch by a hole in a field, digging with trowels, supervised by an archaeologist wearing orange high viz

These awards "showcase excellence in archaeology, celebrating the passion and dedication of individuals and the outstanding contribution of archaeology projects which create social, cultural and environmental benefit.”

Newick Primary School’s archaeological project has been running once every three years since 2010 and has enabled students aged 4 to 11 to have a go at excavation, map analysis, finds identification and processing and learn about the history of their local area.

The winner will be announced at the launch event of the CBA’s Festival of Archaeology taking place at Segedunum Roman Fort, Newcastle on Saturday 16th July. The event will be live streamed on the CBA’s YouTube channel.

Read about all nominations for the Marsh Awards on CBA's website.

And you can listen to ASE's Simon Stevens talking about running the project in this ASE Digs Deeper podcast