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| Kevin
Cale, our professional archaeologist |
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Dacre Pasture Project:
The Dacre Pasture Project covers a single farmstead in Dacre
Parish. There is evidence of a dwelling and industry from
the Iron Age, the site of a smelt mill for iron making, evidence
of charcoal making as well as water management features which
are likely to be connected to the Cistercian monks from Fountains
Abbey".
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Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project:
The Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project
started in 2002 with the intention of doing ‘hands-on’
research, initially into local archaeology. |
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Lockton & Levisham Heritage Project:
The Heritage Group aims to link present with
past, recording and honouring the lives and activities of our
predecessors, making both past and present accessible to everyone
who lives in or visits this area of unspoilt, wild beauty. |
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Northallerton & District
Local History Society:
The Societies' aims are to encourage and develop
an interest in and awareness of all aspects of the area's history,
to study and record the area's history and heritage, to work
with others to secure the preservation and protection of the
area's history and to collect and disseminate information on
the history of the area.
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| SHINE (Primary School Projects):
The SHINE project is offering schools the opportunity
to introduce local heritage and awareness to a generation of
children that would otherwise stand to lose so much. |
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Studfold Community Nature
Group
This is an exciting new venture in the world
of nature to discover the flora and fauna of this remote Nidderdale
Hill farm and how the flora and flora has been affected by the
industrial and agricultural changes over the years. The site
has evidence of Iron Age Workings, a possible Roman camp nearby
and iron, coal, lead, marble and lime has all been worked over
the years on various sites within the farm boundaries |
Studfold
Community Nature Project |
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Brunswick Tunnel
Phill_d has done some research on, and in,
the Brunswick Tunnel which was under The Stray opposite Trinity
Church, Harrogate. This was the site of Harrogate's first railway
station. |
Brunswick
Tunnel |
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Local Heritage Initiative:
The Local Heritage Initiative helps communities
bring their local heritage alive. It helps them care for the
special features that make each locality as unique as a fingerprint.
It gives communities funds, advice and support to do this. Many
of the groups above have benefited from LHI Grants. |
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3D Archaeology Society:
Formed from a group of night school students plus their tutor
to provide practical work |
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