Archives
Berwick’s Carboniferous Past – Rock Stars Leaflet
An exciting new leaflet is available across Berwick, shining a light on local rock stars (the geological kind!). Produced by local volunteers, and featuring artwork by Daniel J. Weatheritt, this eye-catching new leaflet shares stories of some of the most significant fossil discoveries in the area, and gives tips on where to go to see […]
Test Pits at Paxton, 10-13 November
After the success of our lithics workshops and test pit excavations at Paxton earlier this year, we are offering several more excavation days between Monday 10th-Thursday 13th November. As part of our ongoing investigation of the prehistory of Paxton we will be undertaking test pitting along the field margins to see if we can identify […]
Birgham Cemetery Survey, 10-11 October
Join AOC Archaeology Group for this free 2-day practical survey course at Birgham, near Coldstream, focussed on exploring, investigating and recording the historic Birgham Cemetery. The survey will focus primarily on recording the historic gravestones and grave slabs that survive within this historic cemetery, some of which date back to the 17th century, using the […]
Rachel Sutherland, Flowing Light
WORKSHOP FULL To celebrate the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner’s birth, Connecting Threads have teamed up with Norham Arts to offer a creative workshop on the banks of the River Tweed. In tribute to the fluid, luminous quality of Turner’s work, artist Rachel Sutherland will demonstrate some of the innovative painting techniques and unusual materials […]
Excavations at Upsettlington, 4th-8th August
Join the Uncovering the Tweed team for an excavation of the deserted medieval settlement at Upsettlington. Site hours will be between 10am and 3pm. Sign up for a day or two to try it out or come for the whole week! We recommend signing up for a series of consecutive days if you are able […]
Introduction to Archives Workshop
An introductory workshop, learn how to use the Berwick library archives including the online catalogue with Linda Bankier, TILLVas and AOC. The workshop is an introductory session with Linda Bankier who will show you how to research your local area along the lower Tweed through their online and in house resources. The research will initially […]