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Forthcoming events:
Monk Fryston Community Centre Monthly meeting 7.30pm Tuesday 23rd April Burton Salmon Village Hall Monthly meeting 7.30pm Tuesday 28th May |
The Finding Fryston Project Report has arrived! We are delighted to record that after a lot of hard....read more
Mini Museum Opens in Monk Fryston Sometimes a dream comes true and it did in ............... ...... read more
The Heritage Information Boards arrive! Some dates, for some reason, always stick in your and the Time ...... read more
Seeing is believing..... We all know that the Normans invaded Britain in 1066 and...... read more
Volunteers 'Drawn' to Monk Fryston Hall The former ballroom of Monk Fryston Hall now known as..... read more
It's not over 'til the Fat Lady sings... 'and so it proved at the excavation. After the successful big ..... read more
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Our medieval road has naturally got a Limestone base and a surprise…
Le Tour with a difference...
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The process of archaeology systematically records and systematically destroys one context of history to discover what lies below and which... Read more
The whole of the community of Monk Fryston and Hillam was gripped with Tour de Yorkshire fever last weekend and every bit of rain cover which could be found was requisitioned.... Read More
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Excavators find Victorian track which was probably used to remove reclaimed stone...
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When our volunteer excavating machine driver enquired if it would be OK to make a large mound of top soil just to the north of the new work area, we said - great it would make a good viewing platform. Little did we know that within a few days of restarting the dig .. Read more...
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Excavation restarts with visit from the Archbishop of York |
What a start to the excavation! As the volunteers assembled to recommence work on the reconfigured trenches they were greeted with the news that Archbishop Sentamu would be visiting the Dig..... Read more.
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Victorian path exposed during site preparations... read more
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The Last Surprise |
We started August preparing for a very busy last week. Planning to stage our last 3rd series of Excavation and Finds Handing Training days, our last Open Day and organise and lead a village medieval walk. Read more...
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Aaron finds Monastic Tiles |
The discovery of the medieval road in Trench 3 and the north-west end of the Victorian building redevelopment made us re-evaluate the site layout and search for the large Victorian building shown on the 1850 OS map. Read more...
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Magnificent Ice Age find overshadows spectacular Medieval Discovery |
Volunteer Mark Lovett, a member of Pontefract Archaeology hit the jackpot when he was asked to excavate a negative feature, probably a Victorian ditch. Read more...
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Lucky Days - Finding the needle in the haystack!
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Everyone knows that what you need to be successful is a bit of luck and over the past 4 days we certainly have enjoyed a good run. Read more...
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'That was brilliant!' |
...said Jackie Ashcroft from Riccall, summarising her visit to our Open Day last Saturday and that was echoed by many other visitors. Read more...
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Positive feedback |
“I didn’t realise ordinary people could do archaeology”
So said Claire from York the day after she had taken part in the Excavation Training Day on 11th July. Read more... |
Searching for water!
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The excavation and planning teams made a major breakthrough last weekend in Trench 4, where they found 3 walls belonging to a structure shown on the first Ordnance Survey Map of the area in 1850. Read more...
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Girl Guides find the missing link!
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The support of the Heritage Lottery Fund for the Finding Fryston Project was fully justified on Thursday (2nd July) evening. Read more...
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Busy Times!
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In the past week, following the very successful Excavation Training Day on 21 June, we have been very busy! Read more...
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Trainees discover walls on their first day
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It’s Day 4 afternoon on the findingfryston Dig. The first group of ‘Have a go’ excavation trainees are given some trowels and kneeling pads and are ready to work on their first trench. Read more...
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The morning after the (rotten and rainy) day before – the Sun’s shining |
After a late finish on Sunday clearing up and drying out after the Summer (?) Fayre normal service is resumed in Monk Fryston and the sun is shining!
A great start to the excavation and just before 9am our first volunteer Matt O’Keefe arrives to sign in, followed shortly by a stream of volunteers. Read more... |
A busy few days and the excavation site is open for business
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Whilst new trenches had been opened and existing ones expanded last week, this week saw the public entrance taking shape. Last Thursday the old and decrepit gate to the site on Fryston Common Lane was opened for the first time in over 60 years. Read more...
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