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'Dig It' Excavation Competition

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Piddington Every year our fantastic ‘Dig It’ excavation competitions give YAC UK members the chance to work on a real archaeological site!

This is a great opportunity to find out what is is like to be an archaeologist. The ‘Dig It’ competition allows YAC UK members to:

  • Get your hands dirty digging
  • Examine and wash some of the finds made on the site
  • Learn other archaeological skills such as drawing to scale and measuring features.

The ‘Dig It’ competition is announced in the summer issue of Young Archaeologist magazine which usually goes out to all YAC UK members at the start of June. If you would like to enter the ‘Dig It’ competition you need to become a YAC UK member. To join YAC please visit our online shop.

In previous years we have been able to offer our members the chance to dig at the following excavations:

2011 Competition

In August 2011 six YAC UK members won the chance to dig alongside the experts at brilliant sites in York and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Hungate

Hungate Three YAC UK members joined the archaeologists at the Hungate archaeological excavation site in York.

Dig Hungate is the single biggest excavation in York ever! Until 2012, York Archaeological Trust will be excavating Hungate to reveal the rich heritage and archaeology of this important area of York’s city centre. The close working relationship between Hungate (York) Regeneration Ltd, York Archaeological Trust and City of York Council has enabled the development of this exciting archaeological project which includes unparalleled views, tours and access to York’s resonant past. The archaeologists of York Archaeological Trust are revealing past chapters of the buried history of Hungate, whilst a new chapter is written, and a new Hungate community is created.

Dig for Shakespeare

Shakespeare Three YAC UK members joined the archaeologists at the ‘Dig for Shakespeare’ project in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

2010 marked a key milestone in the understanding of how the world’s greatest dramatist spent his last years in Stratford-upon-Avon. Archaeological experts were brought in to carry out excavations at the site of New Place, Shakespeare’s final home. While the digging has stopped over winter the exciting finds unearthed are on display in Nash’s House. You can also take a walk around the foundations of New Place and see where the house once stood. In 2011 the digging will continue to help us piece together the bigger picture of the last years of his life.