Friends Of York Archaeological Trust

Very well done to Trent & Peak Archaeology - the award is well deserved.

We're running free tours of #York city walls, including an exclusive view of excavations taking place at Tower 2. Book your tickets here: jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk/whats-on/tower…

It's #FindsFriday and this week Sandra from #YATConservation has been working on the beautiful sandglass from @Inv1744 which has just come out of the freeze-drier @bu_maritimearch @NatMuseumRN @MASTArchaeology @HE_Maritime #Archaeology #Conservation

Our @ArchaeologyLive training excavations will be returning to York next summer! Make sure to sign up to the mailing list to get all the latest information!

Our Chief Executive, David Jennings, gave an interview on the @digforeboracum #Roman project with @BBCLookNorth over the weekend. The link expires in 24 hours so be quick! Skip to the 3:12 mark: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Augustinian Friary and Roman material uncovered at York Guidhall Complex yorkarchaeology.co.uk/newsblog/2020/…

#tbt to our Hungate excavations and the discovery by #YATFieldwork of a well-preserved block of toilets, flushed by a Duckett tipper flush system. Dating to the #Victorian period, these showed evidence of increasing occupation levels in the area. #archaeology #excavations #toilet

We've been at 5000 year-old round barrow Willy Howe in the Yorkshire Wolds, advising its owner on how to stop it from getting overgrown. There are approximately 10,000 round barrows in the UK. They were created between 2400-1500 BC as burial monuments. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-li…

For #ThrowbackThursday here's the 1st in a series of blogs in which we discuss recent work & look back on finds from years gone by. In this blog, #YATFieldwork discuss 7 times that animal remains turned up in surprising and occasionally bizarre places!  yorkarchaeology.co.uk/dispatches-fro…

YAT’s Project Officer givimg a fantastic YAT Lunchtime Lecture on the 7 deadly sins and the 7 heavenly virtues in medieval life. Setting us all up for Christmas! @YATNews #saintsandsinners

We'll be at #Pocklington market today talking #Viking food and #YorkshireWoldsHeritage as part of our #HESupported @HE_Yorkshire Food for Thought project. Come see us to hear about our plans to celebrate the #history and #archaeology of the Wolds and how you can get involved!

Good morning from Augsburg! We’re here in Bavaria touring around some of the wonderful archaeological and historical sites in southern #Bavaria. The weather is great and the archaeology fantastic.

For 40 years, @YATNews has uncovered archaeological evidence of Roman York - find out what we know so far at our new exhibition, Life and Death in Eboracum, on now at DIG on St Saviourgate:  digforeboracum.co.uk/life-and-death

Calling #Archaeology & #HistoryTwitter: have you covered #YorkshireWoldsHeritage, history or archaeology in your research? There's still time to respond to our survey at ow.ly/7SKi50vTbOT to contribute to the @HE_Yorkshire Wolds research strategy #HESupported #YATTakePart

Have your say on the overall Roman Quarter project at the public consultation on 4th July at Society, 1 Rougier Street, 1pm-7pm. You can sign up to our mailing list to ensure you are the first to hear the latest from the project at Dig for Eboracum digforeboracum.co.uk

For all fans of #archaeology in East Yorkshire, this 👇 in #York today will be worth going to. We'll be there, will you?

You can see how delighted I am, really grateful for the support from @Northlighter and @GetintoGovan and the magic touch of our volunteers! A great example of community based exploration #scotarchstrat

Found - the lost Govan Stones lostglasgow.scot/posts/found---…

This is fantastic news! 👇 Well done @Northlighter

Another very successful YAT Lunchtime Lecture is underway. Al Oswald of @UoYArchaeology setting the scene for his, and students, survey work around #Malton Roman Fort. Great stuff! @YATFieldwork @YATNews