Rampton residents welcomed forty teenage archaeologists into their gardens for a three-day academic aspiration-raising Higher Education Field Academy, led by the University of Cambridge Access Cambridge Archaeology Unit and supported by the Fen Edge Archaeology Group.
Heritage researchers collaborate with community groups to dig up the past and air Cambridge’s dirty laundry as part of Lottery-funded project.
Archaeological finds from thousands of years ago have been uncovered in a Cambridge village in an event which was part of the celebrations of the University's 800th Anniversary.
A passion for communicating the thrill of the dig and for uncovering evidence of lives long gone is what inspires archaeologist Dr Carenza Lewis. Her latest endeavour is to raise educational aspirations among schoolchildren through involvement in excavation - a venture that is unearthing new information on rural medieval settlements.
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