Are you a community archaeological group looking for help with your radiocarbon dating?
The Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund is set up to do exactly that and we’re thrilled to be able to reveal more about the past projects the fund has helped in the latest issue of Current Archaeology!
You can find the article in issue 405 of the magazine, ahead of the closing deadline for this year’s applications at the end of this month. In it, we talk about key findings from eight of the sites funded in 2022, helping community projects all around the UK.
These exciting projects included:
- Kentstone Hill in Northumberland, where a cist containing cremated human bone deposit was uncovered and radiocarbon dating showed it to predate other Bronze Age cremation burials known in the region.
- Loch Mullardoch in the central Highlands of Scotland, where a particularly dry summer in 2021 revealed previously unrecorded hut circles. Charcoal was recovered from trenches over the hearth and outer stone wall, and the dating showed this settlement was in use in the Early and Middle Iron Ages.
- Hyde Abbey in Winchester, where a community group was exploring the remains of the Abbey in residents’ back gardens. Radiocarbon dates taken from a context below the foundations came back to aid our understanding of the site after Roman occupation and before the Abbey was built.
Want to know more? Learn about these fascinating sites and how the CARD Fund helped the community groups with their archaeological investigations in the latest issue of Current Archaeology here.
The deadline for applications for this year is 30 November, which gives you just over three weeks to get yours in!
For more information on how to apply, view our CARD Fund page.