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Links and Work Experience
Can’t find what you need? Looking for work experience? Here is a list of some archaeological information resources that may be able to help.
The archaeology service does not run excavations. We occasionally take on volunteer placements for people interested specifically in heritage management or Sites and Monuments Record work. Those interested in gaining work experience with the archaeology service should send a CV and covering letter to either our email syorks.archservice@sheffield.gov.uk or postal address: South Yorkshire Archaeology Service, Development Services, Howden House, 1 Union Street, Sheffield S1 2SH.
Fieldwork Opportunities and Work Experience
Information for finders of artefacts:
Local Archaeology Sites and Museums with Archaeology Collections:
- I Dig Sheffield Digging in Sheffield and The Peaks
- Clifton Park Museum (Rotherham)
- Weston Park Museum (Sheffield)
Local Archaeology Courses
National Organisations and Information
- Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers (ALGAO)
- Planning Policy Guidance note 15 (PPG15) Planning and the Historic Environment
- Planning Policy Guidance note 16 (PPG16) Archaeology and Planning
- RESCUE The Archaeological Trust
Useful Resources
Online searching of numerous Sites and Monuments Records and other archaeological resources including: ARCHway, Defence of Britain Archive, English Heritage National Inventory (NMR), English Heritage NMR Excavation Index for England, English Heritage National Monuments Record Index to Microfilmed Archaeological Archives
English Heritage Thesauri
Provide definitions of types of sites and finds.
A digital library of photographs of England's 370,000 Listed Buildings.
Online access to geographic information on key environmental schemes and designations including Scheduled Monuments, Registered Parks and Gardens, Battlefields, Ancient Woodlands, World Heritage Sites and English Heritage Regions.
A resource developed by English Heritage’s National Monuments Record (NMR). Use this link to find information about many of England's ancient and historical sites, buildings and monuments. Records contain descriptions of any interesting archaeological details, pictures (where available), and links to maps and aerial photographs on other websites.
Access to historical Ordnance Survey maps
An on-line database consisting of descriptive information, including photographs covering medieval and post-medieval pottery from the county of South Yorkshire and the northern part of Derbyshire from a line drawn approximately between Stone, Uttoxeter and Derby, northward.
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