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Archaeology Day at
Lewes Castle
If you’re looking for a fun, but still educational,
Sunday day out with the family, today’s events at Lewes
Castle will fit the bill. In celebration of National Archaeology
Week, East Sussex Archaeology Society are putting on a range
of events at the castle. As well as getting the opportunity
to tour the castle and its impressive Barbican, you will also
be invited to get into the spirit of the day by dressing in
Saxon costumes. The more adventurous may want to experience
the practical skills of the period by making a pot and attempting
the textile techniques of the time. You will of course also
get to handle a range of artefacts dating from the near past
back to Roman times.
National Archaeology Week (which actually covers nine days
from 15th-23rd July) is the brainchild of The Council for
British Archaeology (CBA). In conjunction with their youth
wing, the Young Archaeologist Club (YAC), they have organised
events throughout the country to encourage the British public
to pay more attention to the incredible range of our country’s
archaeological heritage. In Lewes, we are of course blessed
with an array of treasures right on our doorstep. So after
the castle, maybe head down to Anne of Cleves House and museum,
before finishing off at the Cluniac Priory Ruins - the missing
stones from which, in a cross between vandalism and recycling,
were later used to build Southover Grange… NW
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