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HOD – The Romans of Waithe Valley II
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Live interpretation and a display of finds from the recent excavation of a nearby Roman villa. Guided tours of the excavation site at…
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Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Live interpretation and a display of finds from the recent excavation of a nearby Roman villa. Guided tours of the excavation site at…
Read MoreLincolnshire Young Archaeologists Club – Volunteers Wanted!
Lincolnshire Young Archaeologists Club has been running for 2 years providing monthly archaeological fun for children aged 7-16 years through craft, group learning and experimental archaeology. We run 3 terms…
Read MoreHODs – Lincoln High St Heritage Action Zone Walking Tour
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 City of Lincoln Council has secured funding to breathe new life into Lincoln High Street through the High Streets Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ)…
Read MoreWhat have the Young Archaeologists Club been up to?
For the Spring Term of 2022, we have been exploring the hidden histories of overlooked communities, with sessions designed by the Re-imaging Lincoln team at the University of Lincoln. We…
Read MoreThe Roman Trail
Finding out about the Romans in North Kesteven – a family-friendly guide
Read MoreThe Car Dyke
By Brian Simmons and Paul Cope-Faulkner, this booklet describes the route and appearance of The Car Dyke today and looks at investigations and excavations that have taken place on it over the years.
Read MoreLincolnshire’s First Windmill by Jim Snee
Lincolnshire is known for its windmills, they form an important part of the county’s unique historic landscape. The painter Karl Wood made many sketches and paintings of Lincolnshire’s windmills and…
Read MoreSouth Holland
South Holland is rich in heritage, both natural and man-made, with lots to see and do! It is a rural district in the south east of the county, that is…
Read MoreLincolnshire’s Last Slave by Jim Snee
The history of slavery is long and complex. It involves culture, race, religion, politics and a little bit of economics. Ultimately, it involves every one of us. How far back…
Read MoreRemembering Aloud by Jim Snee
I have sat, alone and quiet, on edge of a Neolithic long barrow and thought about the people who built it. It is a kind of remembrance. No one knows…
Read MoreLincolnshire’s Last King by Jim Snee
Now I’m sure some of you are immediately thinking that the kings of England are the kings of Lincolnshire and in modern constitutional terms that is the case. However, Lincolnshire…
Read MoreLincolnshire’s Last Hunter-Gatherers by Jim Snee
It is commonly asserted that society evolved from hunter gathering to farming and then to the industrial. Like many common assertions this is an oversimplification. One of the great complexities…
Read MoreLincolnshire’s First Dragons by Jim Snee
A while ago, I was reading an old history of Lincolnshire as part of my research for Layers of History and the esteemed author asserted that there were no traditions…
Read MoreLincolnshire’s First Detective by Jim Snee
One of the staples of daytime television is the detective series. These entertaining programmes are based around an individual (occasionally even a police officer) who uses clues to solve one…
Read MoreLincolnshire’s First Pirates by Jim Snee
In November 2019, I was asked to be a guest on the Jeremy Vine show to discuss the recently returned Tealby Cannon. I was particularly interested in the Cannon as…
Read More‘Lincolnshire’s First Dance’ by Jim Snee
Many years ago, as a young man, I sought adventure and archaeology in central India and spent several months helping survey an abandoned medieval city called Vijayanagara. I remember that…
Read MoreAward Winning Education
It has been an exciting week here at the Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire! We have heard that the Winterton All Saints Educational Resources – which we designed – have won…
Read MoreMaze
Maze The labyrinth or maze is associated with Greek mythology, but the Romans introduced the patterns into their gardens. They were interested in location, any site with uninterrupted views. A…
Read MoreArch
Arch The Romans introduced stone arches as entrances and gateways, for example Newport Arch in Lincoln. Stone and brick arches became features in gardens. In the 18C at Coleby Hall,…
Read MoreSettlement Hierarchy
Topic 6: Settlement Hierarchy The overall pattern of settlement can be characterised as a settlement hierarchy ranging from single farmsteads up to cities. The larger the settlement size, the fewer will…
Read MoreIron Age
Ancient Warfare Topic 2: Iron Age As the Bronze Age progressed, swords and shields developed, and in the Iron Age we see the first landscape features in the form of…
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