CAAHP is running a week of experimental archaeology in summer 2013. BSc/MSc Archaeology students are invited to spend a week at Caer Alyn doing experimental archaeology. Students will get the chance to build a kiln and fire it. Three kilns to choose from Roman Updraft, Iron Age Clamp Kiln and Egyptian Faience kiln (All materials provided and pots and faience to fire) Lab visit Daresbury Students will spend one day at The STFC Daresbury Laboratory to give them an introduction to the various analytical techniques available to them as future archaeological scientists.

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On the 20th of September 2010, Lydia (one of the students that attended this year’s Caer Alyn summer school) attended a scientific equipment familiarisation day At Daresbury Labs I-Tac department. The training was carried out by Alan Brown.

' The Caer Alyn Project has been successful in their Grundtvig application to form a partnership with five other European countries to develop a heritage project ' Let Me Be Your Guide - History in your own backyard'.

Experimental archaeology

The Report covers Grids 3 and 4 (see attached) Thanks to all students involved, well done Click here to download fileCaer Alyn Archaeological and Heritage Project3.

The survey report for lodge field is now complete (see Attachments). For ease of reading, download and print the attachment “Fold out comp plot fort2” Click here to download filefold out comp plot fort2.

The Caer Alyn project started with just one test pit, as part of the Time Team Big Dig in 2002. Since then the Caer Alyn community heritage project has gone from strength to strength, as you will see when reading the following pages of the story so far.

We had some distinguished guests at Caer Alyn on Saturday 29th August Right to Left Dr Ian Munro, Dr Andy Smith, Dr Manolis Pantos, Alan Brown and Colin Morrel