Presenting the Past

A range of volunteer activities will allow local communities to discover, learn, share and celebrate how their villages, settlements and historic landscape have been shaped by man. Topics include; early evidence of human activity, farming and settlement practices, use of natural resources and development of the industrial landscape.

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Project lead organisation and other organisations involved

Lead: Heritage Lincolnshire

Supported by: Archaeological Project Services

Project Outcomes

Measure

Sessions of fieldwork including survey, geophysical survey and walking (2017-18)
Programme of intrusive fieldwork, test pitting and excavation (2017-18)
Series of short courses and training events (2017-18)
Facilitate a programme of heritage activities and events (2017-18)
Programme of non-intrusive fieldwork, survey and walking (2019-20)
Programme of excavation (2019-20)
Test pits (2019-20)
Training sessions (2019-20)
Presentation evening
Number of volunteer hours contributed
Legacy booklet
Heritage Network Meetings
Training videos

Target

36
1
6
1
1
1
10-20
16
1
1400
1
6
6

Delivered

36
1
6
1
1
1
13
24
1
2823
1
6
6
What difference has this project made reconnecting people with their landscape and cultural heritage?
  • Participants now have a much greater understanding of the development of the study villages through time
  • The project has provided opportunity to undertake discrete courses in landscape archaeology, building awareness and a picture of the evolution of the landscape and how what they see today has been shaped by their predecessors
  • In some cases, (as part of the Belton Test Pits or Lower Burnham excavation), they have been able to directly reconnect with previous inhabitants through the material artefacts they have left behind
  • All participants have had the opportunity to obtain a legacy report, documenting the individual elements of the project and summarising its outputs. For those who took part in the Belton Test Pits, they have received their own personal record of the test pit they excavated, and how that created a bigger body of evidence contributing to the overall understanding of how Belton has developed.
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Latest project information can be found on their website: https://www.heritagelincolnshire.org/take-part/presenting-the-past

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