The Bamburgh Research Project

The Bamburgh Research Project is an archaeological project, which was set up in 1996, to investigate the archaeology and history of the Bamburgh area.

Where is Bamburgh?

Bamburgh is one of the most popular tourist sites in the North East of England and the many visitors who flock there cannot fail to be impressed by its stunning combination of medieval castle and stately home. Few of them however will be aware of the great historical association that the castle site has with the history of the northern region. Bamburgh and York were the two most important centres in Anglo-Saxon Northumbria.

Surprisingly despite its extraordinary history Bamburgh has attracted very little in the way of archaeological interest. In an attempt to redress this situation The Bamburgh Research Project was set up in 1996 with the intention of investigating the castle site, together with its surrounding environment, using modern archaeological techniques.

The Project welcomes involvement from students and amateur interested in gaining experience of archaeology or who are interested in Bamburgh itself. If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch using the email addresses at the bottom of the page.

 

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Acknowledgements:

The project owes a debt of gratitude to a great many people and institutions for their support.We are deeply indebted to the late Lady Armstrong, whose generosity, support and encouragement allowed the project to be set up in the first place.

Funding, encouragement and intellectual support has come to us from many institutions and individuals.The assistance of Ron Bewley, the castle Custodian, has been invaluable over the years and the generous aid of the castle staff is much appreciated by the Project. We also owe much to the generosity of the people of Bamburgh Village, who have welcomed us each year and contributed much to our work.

Pete Cardwell and Richard Fraser of Northern Archaeological Associates have been a great support to the research project throughout its existence. Their generosity is much appreciated.

Many at Northumberland County Council have assisted us, Caroline Hardy and Sara Rushton of the Conservation Team and Tom Cadwallander of the Coastal Team have provided many a timely grant of funds as well as encouragement and assistance.

The money for the 1999 season within the Bowl Hole came in the form of a grant from The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne.

We are also grateful to Dr Paul Budd of Durham University for enthusiastically incorporating burials from the Bowl Hole cemetery into his own research project.

The BBC's Meet the Ancestors filmed the excavations in 1999 and 2000. We would like to thank Suzanne Daggar and Julian Richards and all involved for their friendship and generous support.

The continuation of the project is only made possible by the incredible generosity of people too numerous to mention by name, but our thanks remain undiminished.

Graeme Young / Paul Gething -  December 2003                         

 Email  -

graemeyoung@bamburghresearchproject.co.uk

paulgething@bamburghresearchproject.co.uk