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    The Border Archaeological Society has been active since 1997 and works to further appreciation and understanding of archaeology in the Scottish Borders region. The society establishes partnerships with professionals, provides education and training, and conducts fieldwork including surveys, excavations, and site visits. Notable projects include investigating the disappeared medieval village of Bondington and nunnery, compiling a report on Berwick Castle and walls, and an ongoing cross-border archaeological project in the Halter Valley along the England-Scotland border.

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    The Border Archaeological Society has been active since 1997 and works to further appreciation and understanding of archaeology in the Scottish Borders region. The society establishes partnerships with professionals, provides education and training, and conducts fieldwork including surveys, excavations, and site visits. Notable projects include investigating the disappeared medieval village of Bondington and nunnery, compiling a report on Berwick Castle and walls, and an ongoing cross-border archaeological project in the Halter Valley along the England-Scotland border.

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    The Border Archaeological Society has been active since 1997 and works to further appreciation and understanding of archaeology in the Scottish Borders region. The society establishes partnerships with professionals, provides education and training, and conducts fieldwork including surveys, excavations, and site visits. Notable projects include investigating the disappeared medieval village of Bondington and nunnery, compiling a report on Berwick Castle and walls, and an ongoing cross-border archaeological project in the Halter Valley along the England-Scotland border.

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    The Border Archaeological Society has been active since 1997 and works to further appreciation and understanding of archaeology in the Scottish Borders region. The society establishes partnerships with professionals, provides education and training, and conducts fieldwork including surveys, excavations, and site visits. Notable projects include investigating the disappeared medieval village of Bondington and nunnery, compiling a report on Berwick Castle and walls, and an ongoing cross-border archaeological project in the Halter Valley along the England-Scotland border.

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    The Border Archaeological Society has been

    active since 1997, with members from North


    Northumberland, the Scottish Borders and
    further afeld.
    The region has something for everyone,
    whatever their feld of interest in our rich
    heritage. Outstanding sites representing all
    the key eras in Britains history can be explored
    and some are yet to be discovered!
    Mysterious prehistoric rock art.
    Iron age hill forts.
    The Roman legacy.
    The rich culture of Anglo-Saxon
    Northumbria.
    Mediaeval defences and battlefelds.
    The industrial revolution.
    Wartime Britain.
    What we do

    Further the appreciation and

    understanding of archaeology in the
    Borders.
    Establish partnerships with professional
    archaeologists, planners, universities,
    museum curators and others.
    Provide a free programme of lectures.
    (Non-members are always welcome; a
    small charge will be made.)
    Publish a regular newsletter.
    Provide education and training sessions.
    Fieldwork and research, recording new
    sites and updating knowledge of known
    sites.
    Organise historical and archaeological
    site visits.
    www.border-archaeological-society.co.uk
    Volunteers learn about surveying using a
    plane table in the Halter Valley.
    Cleaning and recording at
    St Leonards Nunnery, Bondington.
    Digging the past
    The Border Archaeological Society (BAS)
    owns most of the equipment required for
    feld work, including a surveyors theodolite
    and geophysics equipment. Improvements
    in technology mean that aerial
    photography is
    now possible.
    Some highlight
    projects are:
    BONDINGTON
    In partnership with Berwick Record Offce and
    Berwick History Society, BAS investigated the
    disappeared mediaeval village of Bondington
    in the north of Berwick. Initiated by the
    discovery of an 11th century church, the
    project went on to excavate an early Cistercian
    nunnery.
    THE MEDIAEVAL DEFENCES OF BERWICK
    Members of the BAS compiled a comprehensive
    report charting the rise and fall of Berwick
    Castle and Edward Is walls in this frontier
    town during the Anglo-Scottish wars
    CROSS-BORDER ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT
    Developed from initial research into the lost
    Chapel of St Ethelreda by BAS members,
    this project in the Halter Valley near
    Yetholm is guided by archaeology
    offcers from the Northumberland
    National Park Authority and Scottish
    Borders Council. The objectives are to
    highlight the historical signifcance of
    the valley to communities on both sides
    of the border and improving our overall
    knowledge of this area and its past. And
    who knows... we may fnd that lost chapel!
    PAXTON BEFORE THE HOUSE
    Archaeologists from Edinburgh University
    and the Bamburgh Research Project are
    investigating the history and archaeology
    of Paxton and the surrounding area. With
    work underway, some marvellous fnds have
    already been made and we are hopeful of an
    exciting summer.
    Find out more by visiting:
    www.border-archaeological-society.co.uk
    Join Today
    Membership costs 15 a year.
    Benefts include free entry to meetings,
    free regular newsletter, the BAS Bulletin,
    and joining in any of the societys
    activities.
    Name: .........................................
    Address: .........................................
    .........................................
    .........................................
    Postcode: .........................................
    E-mail: .........................................
    .........................................
    Telephone: .....................................
    Please make cheques and postal orders
    payable to Border Archaeological Society
    and send to:
    Sally Holborn (Treasurer)
    6 Riverview Park
    Spittal
    Berwick-upon-Tweed
    TD15 1QR

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