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Title: Open Day at Shaw Cairn [Saturday 19 July 2014]
Post by: admin on July 09, 2014, 06:53:38 PM

OPEN DAY AT SHAW CAIRN -    Saturday, July 19, 2014
10:00am to 4:00pm

University students and local volunteers are excavating again at Shaw Cairn on Mellor Moor, the elite Bronze Age burial where an amber necklace was found. On day two a plano-convex flint knife was found in what may be a satellite cairn.

The site will be open to visitors on Saturday July 19 from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Meet at Shaw Farm where there will be a display of photos. Directions will be given for the walk up to the cairn.

Shaw Farm, New Mills, High Peak, Derbyshire. SJ986873
Venue Postcode : SK22 4QE

For more info: http://www.matrust.org.uk/diary-dates/195-festival-of-archaeology-shaw-cairn.html

Title: Re: Open Day at Shaw Cairn [Saturday 19 July 2014]
Post by: corium on July 09, 2014, 06:56:14 PM

Pity, I'm working that day

Title: Re: Open Day at Shaw Cairn [Saturday 19 July 2014]
Post by: admin on August 10, 2014, 10:14:52 AM

There's a new article about the Shaw Cairn Open Day and some photos taken by Arthur Procter on the MAT web site:

http://www.matrust.org.uk/shaw-cairn/200-2014-shaw-cairn-excavations.html