Part of the fabulous remains of the vicus bathhouse complex at Roman Binchester (Vinovia). Located near Bishop Auckland in County Durham, the site has now reopened under the auspices of The Auckland Project 📸 My own #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Binchester #AucklandProject
August 15, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Part of the fabulous remains of the vicus bathhouse complex at Roman Binchester (Vinovia). Located near Bishop Auckland in County Durham, the site has now reopened under the auspices of The Auckland Project 📸 My own #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Binchester #AucklandProject
🏆 We're delighted to announce that Michele Armstrong of @AucklandProject is the HVG Volunteer Leader of the Year Award 2025
▶️ youtu.be/AX_XePZCTyE
🖥️ Learn more about us @ heritagevolunteeringgroup.org.uk/join-us/
#LoVols #VLOY #VolMngmnt #Volunteering #Volunteer #Museums #Heritage
▶️ youtu.be/AX_XePZCTyE
🖥️ Learn more about us @ heritagevolunteeringgroup.org.uk/join-us/
#LoVols #VLOY #VolMngmnt #Volunteering #Volunteer #Museums #Heritage
HVG Volunteer Leader of the Year Award 2025
Our Volunteer Leader of the Year Award celebrates exceptional individuals who have made a significant impact in volunteer leadership and management across the heritage sector. Now in its eigth year,…
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December 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🏆 We're delighted to announce that Michele Armstrong of @AucklandProject is the HVG Volunteer Leader of the Year Award 2025
▶️ youtu.be/AX_XePZCTyE
🖥️ Learn more about us @ heritagevolunteeringgroup.org.uk/join-us/
#LoVols #VLOY #VolMngmnt #Volunteering #Volunteer #Museums #Heritage
▶️ youtu.be/AX_XePZCTyE
🖥️ Learn more about us @ heritagevolunteeringgroup.org.uk/join-us/
#LoVols #VLOY #VolMngmnt #Volunteering #Volunteer #Museums #Heritage
🗣️ Conference Speaker Spotlight: Georgia Hendy
Georgia's worked @AucklandProject since 2022. She specialises in primary education, with a keen interest in outdoor education.
🎫 Join her at #HeritageVolunteering25 buff.ly/OV174Hb
Georgia's worked @AucklandProject since 2022. She specialises in primary education, with a keen interest in outdoor education.
🎫 Join her at #HeritageVolunteering25 buff.ly/OV174Hb
Heritage Volunteering 25: Transforming Communities
CHANGING LIVES AND PLACES THROUGH VOLUNTEERING
buff.ly
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🗣️ Conference Speaker Spotlight: Georgia Hendy
Georgia's worked @AucklandProject since 2022. She specialises in primary education, with a keen interest in outdoor education.
🎫 Join her at #HeritageVolunteering25 buff.ly/OV174Hb
Georgia's worked @AucklandProject since 2022. She specialises in primary education, with a keen interest in outdoor education.
🎫 Join her at #HeritageVolunteering25 buff.ly/OV174Hb
🗣️ Conference Speaker Spotlight: Gemma Scott
Gemma is Learning Manager @AucklandProject. She has worked in the heritage sector since 2010 & is passionate about developing cultural capital to improve the lives of young people in the North East
🎫 Join her at #HeritageVolunteering25 buff.ly/OV174Hb
Gemma is Learning Manager @AucklandProject. She has worked in the heritage sector since 2010 & is passionate about developing cultural capital to improve the lives of young people in the North East
🎫 Join her at #HeritageVolunteering25 buff.ly/OV174Hb
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🗣️ Conference Speaker Spotlight: Gemma Scott
Gemma is Learning Manager @AucklandProject. She has worked in the heritage sector since 2010 & is passionate about developing cultural capital to improve the lives of young people in the North East
🎫 Join her at #HeritageVolunteering25 buff.ly/OV174Hb
Gemma is Learning Manager @AucklandProject. She has worked in the heritage sector since 2010 & is passionate about developing cultural capital to improve the lives of young people in the North East
🎫 Join her at #HeritageVolunteering25 buff.ly/OV174Hb
Just the other week I visited the Fuelling the Railway Revolution exhibition at the rather wonderful #AucklandProject #MiningArtGallery (Bishop Auckland, County Durham).
Amazing how quickly steam-driven railways spread across the country.
Amazing how quickly steam-driven railways spread across the country.
Fuelling the Railway Revolution
Learn how coal mining powered the Industrial Revolution. Visit The Auckland Project's exhibition on the pivotal role of coal in transforming industries.
aucklandproject.org
September 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Just the other week I visited the Fuelling the Railway Revolution exhibition at the rather wonderful #AucklandProject #MiningArtGallery (Bishop Auckland, County Durham).
Amazing how quickly steam-driven railways spread across the country.
Amazing how quickly steam-driven railways spread across the country.
To the #MiningArtGallery at the #AucklandProject in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
aucklandproject.org/attraction/m...
The Pit Road paintings of Norman Corrnish were especially evocative
normancornish.com
aucklandproject.org/attraction/m...
The Pit Road paintings of Norman Corrnish were especially evocative
normancornish.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
To the #MiningArtGallery at the #AucklandProject in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
aucklandproject.org/attraction/m...
The Pit Road paintings of Norman Corrnish were especially evocative
normancornish.com
aucklandproject.org/attraction/m...
The Pit Road paintings of Norman Corrnish were especially evocative
normancornish.com
🙌 Build a vibrant #volunteer programme with the help of some invaluable insights from Georgria & Gemma from @aucklandproject. Just one of 12 workshops you can enjoy over two days at #HeritageVolunteering25
🎟️ , 25-26 Nov, £30, online: buff.ly/AO1IyHi
#LoVols #VolunteerManagement #Heritage #Museums
🎟️ , 25-26 Nov, £30, online: buff.ly/AO1IyHi
#LoVols #VolunteerManagement #Heritage #Museums
July 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🙌 Build a vibrant #volunteer programme with the help of some invaluable insights from Georgria & Gemma from @aucklandproject. Just one of 12 workshops you can enjoy over two days at #HeritageVolunteering25
🎟️ , 25-26 Nov, £30, online: buff.ly/AO1IyHi
#LoVols #VolunteerManagement #Heritage #Museums
🎟️ , 25-26 Nov, £30, online: buff.ly/AO1IyHi
#LoVols #VolunteerManagement #Heritage #Museums
Bonus 2022 cohort- The Bishop Big Dig (@thebishopbigdig) ⛏️ Dug 107 test pits across Bishop Auckland throughout 2022 in partnership with @KJIAcademy and @aucklandproject
🎬 Documentary: vimeo.com/891591104?sh...
📝 Report: collections.durham.ac.uk/files/r2rv04...
💻 Web: thebishopbigdig.com
🎬 Documentary: vimeo.com/891591104?sh...
📝 Report: collections.durham.ac.uk/files/r2rv04...
💻 Web: thebishopbigdig.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Bonus 2022 cohort- The Bishop Big Dig (@thebishopbigdig) ⛏️ Dug 107 test pits across Bishop Auckland throughout 2022 in partnership with @KJIAcademy and @aucklandproject
🎬 Documentary: vimeo.com/891591104?sh...
📝 Report: collections.durham.ac.uk/files/r2rv04...
💻 Web: thebishopbigdig.com
🎬 Documentary: vimeo.com/891591104?sh...
📝 Report: collections.durham.ac.uk/files/r2rv04...
💻 Web: thebishopbigdig.com
Starting Monday, we welcome the 2025 (& final) cohort of @arcdurham.bsky.social / @durham-university.bsky.social 1st years to their 1st field training in #archaeology @aucklandproject!
🧵- An overview of last seasons (2018-2024).
Visit/follow for daily updates!
🧵- An overview of last seasons (2018-2024).
Visit/follow for daily updates!
June 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Starting Monday, we welcome the 2025 (& final) cohort of @arcdurham.bsky.social / @durham-university.bsky.social 1st years to their 1st field training in #archaeology @aucklandproject!
🧵- An overview of last seasons (2018-2024).
Visit/follow for daily updates!
🧵- An overview of last seasons (2018-2024).
Visit/follow for daily updates!
#EpigraphyTuesday
A #Roman milestone from Carvoran nr Hadrian's Wall underlines pre-Christian Constantine's status as great + a god:
'For the Emperor Flavius Valerius Constantinus Pius, most noble Caesar [son of] the deified [Emperor Constantius].'
AD 306-7
@aucklandproject Faith Museum
A #Roman milestone from Carvoran nr Hadrian's Wall underlines pre-Christian Constantine's status as great + a god:
'For the Emperor Flavius Valerius Constantinus Pius, most noble Caesar [son of] the deified [Emperor Constantius].'
AD 306-7
@aucklandproject Faith Museum
February 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday
A #Roman milestone from Carvoran nr Hadrian's Wall underlines pre-Christian Constantine's status as great + a god:
'For the Emperor Flavius Valerius Constantinus Pius, most noble Caesar [son of] the deified [Emperor Constantius].'
AD 306-7
@aucklandproject Faith Museum
A #Roman milestone from Carvoran nr Hadrian's Wall underlines pre-Christian Constantine's status as great + a god:
'For the Emperor Flavius Valerius Constantinus Pius, most noble Caesar [son of] the deified [Emperor Constantius].'
AD 306-7
@aucklandproject Faith Museum
February 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
3/3
Then on for a day at the #AucklandProject in Bishop Auckland. The Palace and Deer Park are wonderful (as are the volunteer guides in the Palace!), but we ran out of time in the fascinating #FaithMuseum — we will have to go back, and soon!
aucklandproject.org/attraction/f...
Then on for a day at the #AucklandProject in Bishop Auckland. The Palace and Deer Park are wonderful (as are the volunteer guides in the Palace!), but we ran out of time in the fascinating #FaithMuseum — we will have to go back, and soon!
aucklandproject.org/attraction/f...
Faith Museum
A unique museum exploring 6,000 years of British history through the lens of faith, at the heart of Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland.
aucklandproject.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
3/3
Then on for a day at the #AucklandProject in Bishop Auckland. The Palace and Deer Park are wonderful (as are the volunteer guides in the Palace!), but we ran out of time in the fascinating #FaithMuseum — we will have to go back, and soon!
aucklandproject.org/attraction/f...
Then on for a day at the #AucklandProject in Bishop Auckland. The Palace and Deer Park are wonderful (as are the volunteer guides in the Palace!), but we ran out of time in the fascinating #FaithMuseum — we will have to go back, and soon!
aucklandproject.org/attraction/f...
Excited for a new collaboration with @JohnCastling, @aucklandproject, & @DUACE2021, @ArcDurham! Volunteers have been hard at work revealing this important archaeological site that is not only part of their #heritage, but a place for #community in this day and age. Stay tuned…
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x.com/JohnCastling/s…
January 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Excited for a new collaboration with @JohnCastling, @aucklandproject, & @DUACE2021, @ArcDurham! Volunteers have been hard at work revealing this important archaeological site that is not only part of their #heritage, but a place for #community in this day and age. Stay tuned…
x.com/JohnCastling/s…
x.com/JohnCastling/s…
Playing some 14th century #Scrabble with this #Lombardic, copper-alloy ‘E’ with the @aucklandproject volunteers & @JohnCastling as they pick-up where @DUACE2021 students left off! Still searching for the other letters…
January 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Playing some 14th century #Scrabble with this #Lombardic, copper-alloy ‘E’ with the @aucklandproject volunteers & @JohnCastling as they pick-up where @DUACE2021 students left off! Still searching for the other letters…
Coffee for two archaeologists or make-shift finds bags? @cmgerrard1 @DUACE2021 @aucklandproject
January 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Coffee for two archaeologists or make-shift finds bags? @cmgerrard1 @DUACE2021 @aucklandproject
Thirty days and ten steps later...To the hardworking students who dug through rubble to expose this staircase and to my brilliant colleagues and their guidance throughout the field school. Photos of the progress (Day 1, 16, 30)! @DUACE2021 @ArcDurham @aucklandproject @cmgerrard1
January 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Thirty days and ten steps later...To the hardworking students who dug through rubble to expose this staircase and to my brilliant colleagues and their guidance throughout the field school. Photos of the progress (Day 1, 16, 30)! @DUACE2021 @ArcDurham @aucklandproject @cmgerrard1
The first 15 days of excavation with @ArcDurham , @DUACE2021 , @aucklandproject are complete! A wonderful and determined group of students, intriguing finds, and much more to come soon! Thank you to the students, the team, and the community!
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January 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The first 15 days of excavation with @ArcDurham , @DUACE2021 , @aucklandproject are complete! A wonderful and determined group of students, intriguing finds, and much more to come soon! Thank you to the students, the team, and the community!
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x.com/cmgerrard1/sta…
Thank you @TonyMetcalfe4! This is certainly one for the books. It has been a true pleasure digging with you, @Altogether_Arch , @DUACE2018 , and @aucklandproject
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January 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Thank you @TonyMetcalfe4! This is certainly one for the books. It has been a true pleasure digging with you, @Altogether_Arch , @DUACE2018 , and @aucklandproject
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x.com/tonymetcalfe4/…
#SaxonSunday
6th C square-headed gilded copper alloy brooch, found in Thornborough N Yorks.
Beaked creatures, intertwining patterns, dotted borders.
One of super displays at Auckland Castle's Faith Museum, part of transformational @aucklandproject.
BM long-term loan.
6th C square-headed gilded copper alloy brooch, found in Thornborough N Yorks.
Beaked creatures, intertwining patterns, dotted borders.
One of super displays at Auckland Castle's Faith Museum, part of transformational @aucklandproject.
BM long-term loan.
December 8, 2024 at 11:46 AM
#SaxonSunday
6th C square-headed gilded copper alloy brooch, found in Thornborough N Yorks.
Beaked creatures, intertwining patterns, dotted borders.
One of super displays at Auckland Castle's Faith Museum, part of transformational @aucklandproject.
BM long-term loan.
6th C square-headed gilded copper alloy brooch, found in Thornborough N Yorks.
Beaked creatures, intertwining patterns, dotted borders.
One of super displays at Auckland Castle's Faith Museum, part of transformational @aucklandproject.
BM long-term loan.
#SaxonSunday
10th C monumental #StoneworkSunday cross shaft w elaborate decoration: eg acanthus top rt rare in S England but w parallels 8th C Jerusalem.
Found in East Stour Dorset chimney breast 1939, then used as garden ornament; BM acquired 1969.
@aucklandproject Faith Museum.
10th C monumental #StoneworkSunday cross shaft w elaborate decoration: eg acanthus top rt rare in S England but w parallels 8th C Jerusalem.
Found in East Stour Dorset chimney breast 1939, then used as garden ornament; BM acquired 1969.
@aucklandproject Faith Museum.
November 24, 2024 at 1:51 PM
#SaxonSunday
10th C monumental #StoneworkSunday cross shaft w elaborate decoration: eg acanthus top rt rare in S England but w parallels 8th C Jerusalem.
Found in East Stour Dorset chimney breast 1939, then used as garden ornament; BM acquired 1969.
@aucklandproject Faith Museum.
10th C monumental #StoneworkSunday cross shaft w elaborate decoration: eg acanthus top rt rare in S England but w parallels 8th C Jerusalem.
Found in East Stour Dorset chimney breast 1939, then used as garden ornament; BM acquired 1969.
@aucklandproject Faith Museum.
Important new exhibition at the Mining Art Gallery @aucklandproject 'Breaking Ground: Women of the Northern Coalfields' focuses on the untold story of women in the 19th century coal industry and mining communities....
November 22, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Important new exhibition at the Mining Art Gallery @aucklandproject 'Breaking Ground: Women of the Northern Coalfields' focuses on the untold story of women in the 19th century coal industry and mining communities....
Bonus 2022 cohort- The Bishop Big Dig
(@thebishopbigdig)
⛏️ Dug 107 test pits across Bishop Auckland throughout 2022 in partnership with @KJIAcademy and @aucklandproject.
🎬 Documentary:📝Report:💻 Web:
thebishopbigdig.com collections.durham.ac.uk/files/r2rv042t… vimeo.com/891591104?shar…
(@thebishopbigdig)
⛏️ Dug 107 test pits across Bishop Auckland throughout 2022 in partnership with @KJIAcademy and @aucklandproject.
🎬 Documentary:📝Report:💻 Web:
thebishopbigdig.com collections.durham.ac.uk/files/r2rv042t… vimeo.com/891591104?shar…
January 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Bonus 2022 cohort- The Bishop Big Dig
(@thebishopbigdig)
⛏️ Dug 107 test pits across Bishop Auckland throughout 2022 in partnership with @KJIAcademy and @aucklandproject.
🎬 Documentary:📝Report:💻 Web:
thebishopbigdig.com collections.durham.ac.uk/files/r2rv042t… vimeo.com/891591104?shar…
(@thebishopbigdig)
⛏️ Dug 107 test pits across Bishop Auckland throughout 2022 in partnership with @KJIAcademy and @aucklandproject.
🎬 Documentary:📝Report:💻 Web:
thebishopbigdig.com collections.durham.ac.uk/files/r2rv042t… vimeo.com/891591104?shar…
Starting Monday, we welcome the 2024 cohort of @ArcDurham/@durham_uni first years to their first field training in #archaeology @aucklandproject!
An overview of last seasons (2018-2023) is below (🧵):
Visit/follow us for daily updates! @cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @DUACE2021
An overview of last seasons (2018-2023) is below (🧵):
Visit/follow us for daily updates! @cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @DUACE2021
January 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Starting Monday, we welcome the 2024 cohort of @ArcDurham/@durham_uni first years to their first field training in #archaeology @aucklandproject!
An overview of last seasons (2018-2023) is below (🧵):
Visit/follow us for daily updates! @cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @DUACE2021
An overview of last seasons (2018-2023) is below (🧵):
Visit/follow us for daily updates! @cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @DUACE2021
Since 2018, I haven’t seen this path sans Heras fencing or excavations.
In ~1 month nearly 100 @ArcDurham students return to @aucklandproject for the next chapter of #archaeology #excavations.
Watch this space…
#DUACE24
@cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @durham_uni @NewsBishop
In ~1 month nearly 100 @ArcDurham students return to @aucklandproject for the next chapter of #archaeology #excavations.
Watch this space…
#DUACE24
@cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @durham_uni @NewsBishop
January 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Since 2018, I haven’t seen this path sans Heras fencing or excavations.
In ~1 month nearly 100 @ArcDurham students return to @aucklandproject for the next chapter of #archaeology #excavations.
Watch this space…
#DUACE24
@cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @durham_uni @NewsBishop
In ~1 month nearly 100 @ArcDurham students return to @aucklandproject for the next chapter of #archaeology #excavations.
Watch this space…
#DUACE24
@cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @durham_uni @NewsBishop
It’s been 3 years since the 2021 Auckland Chapel #archaeology excavations…but the story continues when today one of our keenly-sighted interns spotted these beads while sample processing.
My eyes need the microscope…
@cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @ArcDurham @aucklandproject
My eyes need the microscope…
@cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @ArcDurham @aucklandproject
January 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It’s been 3 years since the 2021 Auckland Chapel #archaeology excavations…but the story continues when today one of our keenly-sighted interns spotted these beads while sample processing.
My eyes need the microscope…
@cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @ArcDurham @aucklandproject
My eyes need the microscope…
@cmgerrard1 @JohnCastling @ArcDurham @aucklandproject