East Yorkshire
Delve into Yorkshire’s past and help us investigate one of its most important, multi-period archaeological sites.
Delve into Yorkshire’s past and help us investigate one of its most important, multi-period archaeological sites.
Catch up on all the action from site, as it happens
Take a virtual tour of Trench 3… This is where many of the pottery fragments and the little chalk spindle-whorl were all found!
Andy Comfort invites the DigVentures team into the virtual studio to discuss our latest discoveries in East Yorkshire.
In 2018, our crowdfunded excavation in East Yorkshire unearthed evidence of one of the earliest Roman settlements north of the Humber. Now, we’re getting ready to continue the investigation, and delve deeper into the…
Follow Maiya on a short walk around our excavation area, where we’ve been investigating the remains of a building that dates back to the very early days of Roman Britain. Is it the remains of a mansio? And what else did we find? You can now take a look!
WE'RE BACK!
The Venturers arrive to carry out the first evaluation of the abandoned medieval village at Elmswell Farm.
DigVentures launches the first crowdfunding campaign to carry out an archaeological evaluation of the medieval village at Elmswell Farm.
The first meeting with the owners of Elmswell Farm takes place. Everyone agrees there's some incredible archaeology on the site, and the farmers are really keen to find out more.
Rob and Paul are in touch with Stuart at the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Conversations about carrying out an archaeological investigation at Elmswell Farm begin.
Rob and Paul begin detecting, and it's not long until they're starting to find some pretty remarkable things.
In 2018, our crowdfunded excavation in East Yorkshire unearthed evidence of one of the earliest Roman settlements north of the Humber. Now, we’re getting ready to continue the investigation, and delve deeper into the…
We had just one week to investigate the site of a suspected Roman villa. Did we find it? It has been a fantastic week of excavation out here in East Yorkshire, and we want…
The artefacts have already told us a lot, but it’s what this map reveals that’s really exciting… It’s been an incredible year for discoveries at DigVentures. With help from people all over the world,…
Take a virtual tour of Trench 3… This is where many of the pottery fragments and the little chalk spindle-whorl were all found!
Trench 2 is now ready for you to explore, in 3D!
Follow Maiya on a short walk around our excavation area, where we’ve been investigating the remains of a building that dates back to the very early days of Roman Britain. Is it the remains of a mansio? And what else did we find? You can now take a look!
Want to nose around in our trench? Our Virtual Tour is ready so that you can explore the highlights of the excavation with Maiya, Indie, Chris, Nat and Edwin!
Community Archaeologist Indie leads us on a virtual tour of the last few years of excavation in East Yorkshire.