Merseyside and Dee Young Archaeologists Club Visit

Young Archaeologists at the Amphitheatre

M&D YAC (Mersey and Dee Young Archaeologists’ Club) were full of enthusiasm when they visited the dig last Wednesday.

The Young archaeologists on their guided tour of the Amphitheatre

They were given a guided tour of the dig – it was the first time many that many of them had been given opportunity to see an excavation in such detail.

The Young archaeologists on their guided tour of the Amphitheatre

The environmental archaeologist then showed them the various techniques involved in the wet sieving process.

The environmental archaeologist explaining to the seiving machine to the YAC

They were given an opportunity to view and handle some of the exciting finds discovered so far this season.

The YAC enjoying many of the small finds from the Site

Shirley-Anne Hadley, M&D YAC Event Organiser, said “It was wonderful for the Club to be given an opportunity to see such an important excavation and to have the archaeologists take time out to explain what has been discovered so far”.