Sherwood Forest Historic Bus Tours

Mercian Archaeological Services CIC have added further heritage tours of Sherwood Forest Historic Bus Tours for September:

Nottingham: 4th September
Mansfield and Worksop: 24th September
Nottingham: 2nd October
Nottingham: 30th October

The tour includes Rufford Abbey, Sherwood Forest Nature Reserve, the Major Oak, King John's Palace and Newstead Abbey.

According to the press release the tour 'combines unrivalled local knowledge of historic Sherwood Forest with an opportunity to ride on board a vintage RouteMaster bus.'

Further information is available at www.sherwoodbustours.com

'Discover King John's Palace' project shortlisted for the Big Lottery Fund People's Millions funding programme

'Discover King John's Palace', a project lead by the Sherwood Forest Trust, has been shortlisted for the Big Lottery Fund People's Millions funding programme.

A public vote TODAY (26 November) will decide whether the project gets the funding it needs. Further details and the telephone number to call are here: http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2014-finalists/central-east/discover-king-johns-palace

There will also be a piece on the project on ITV Central East News at 6pm tonight.

Open day at King John's Palace, Kings Clipstone: 6th September

Mercian Archaeological Services are holding an OPEN DAY for their archaeological excavation at King John's Palace, Kings Clipstone in Nottinghamshire. The site is being excavated as part of their field training school and will be open between 11:00 and 16:00 on Saturday for the following: 

• Tours of the site discussing the designed medieval landscape of the palace,

• Tours of the standing ruins,

• Finds and Pottery handling,

• Results from the latest geophysical surveys,

• Display boards for the Sherwood Forest Archaeology Project and from Mercian Archaeological Services, and and news about the latest Sherwood Forest Bus Tours www.sherwoodbustours.com,

• Stalls hosted by local heritage groups including Friends of Thynghowe and the Spa Ponds Nature Reserve.

Visitors can also learn about the latest results and research from the project researching the heart of Sherwood Forest, find out about the latest news from Mercian's Edwinstowe Project and all the other upcoming fieldwork and opportunities coming soon. Further details and a map are available here: http://www.mercian-as.co.uk/fieldschool.html.

Community archaeology project in Edwinstowe, 14-25 July 2014

The Robin Hood's Village Volunteer Dig in Edwinstowe starts work today. It could well turn out to be the largest free community excavation undertaken in the county with over 100 people volunteering to take part in over 13 days of archaeology.

Further information is available on the Sherwood Forest Archaeology website and Mercian Archaeological Services will be publishing photographs and updates on the project on their Facebook page.