Featured Events

The Festival of British Archaeology presents hundreds of opportunities for you to visit new archaeological sites, discover the secrets of your locality, examine ancient artefacts, learn excavation techniques and hear the stories of our ancestors.

Here is a selection of some of the special events that were held during the Festival of British Archaeology 2011:

• Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Identification days
• Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology 2011
• Mendip Hills Festival of Archaeology 2011
• Cadw events in Wales
• National Museums Wales Festival 2011 Programme of events

You can follow what is going on at Festival events across the UK in the following ways:

• visit and search the Event Listings
• read the news stories
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• become a fan of the Festival on Facebook!

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