CBA Festival of Archaeology in Nottinghamshire, 12-27 July 2014

Co-ordinated by the Council for British Archaeology, the Festival of Archaeology 2014 offers over 1,000 events nationwide, organised by museums, heritage organisations, national and country parks, universities, local societies, and community archaeologists.

There are a few events running in Nottinghamshire over the period:

• Iron Age Roundhouse Open Day in Calverton (27th July)
• WW1 commemoration display at Worksop Priory (2-3 August)
• Display of glass from the Mansfield Woodhouse Roman villa at Mansfield Museum (5-26 July)
• Dig and exhibition held by The Friends of Moor Pond Wood at Grange Cottage Wood, Papplewick (12-13 July)
• Ice age journeys - guided tours of excavation and display at Fandon
• Rufford Abbey excavation viewing days (14-18 July)

BBC TV programme on Chilwell Shell Filling Factory in World War I

'The Killing Factories', part of BBC's 'World War I at Home' series, is a fascinating look at the story of the Chilwell Shell Filling Factory and those that worked there. The factory produced more than 19 million shells: over half of all the shells fired by the British in the war. The factory was also the site of the worst single disaster on the Home Front when, in July 1918, a massive explosion wrecked it and killed 139 people.
The programme can be watched on BBC iPlayer for another 6 days:

• www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b045ghmj/world-war-i-at-home-the-killing-factories