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Leeds YAC caters for young people in Leeds, aged 8-17, with an interest in archaeology and heritage. Email [email protected] for more info.

The Leeds Young Archaeologists' Club is for any child, aged 8-17 who has an interest in exploring history, archaeology and life in the past. This fun club runs every 3rd Saturday of the month and delivers a varied programme of hands-on sessions and field trips designed to bring history alive! The club is run through the Council for British Archaeology by a group of professional archaeologists and enthusiastic volunteers. We currently have a wait list for members but are always looking for new volunteer helpers/leaders (subject to DBS checks). Please send a message to us via this page, email [email protected], or see our Twitter feed for information.

19/07/2025

Members- hopefully you will have all seen the message but sadly we’ve had to cancel today’s excavation session due to the expected downpour.

31/01/2025

With January at a close we caught up after the Christmas break to learn about Art in Archaeology:

Historic examples of art and what it tells us and art used to informed!

Can you spot today's evolution from the hinter gather art? 😜

Looking forward to seeing you next month for Battles!!

17/11/2024

We had a fantastic session this month! A whirlwind trip through the history of our Northern Isles! Whilst there are so many similarities there are also so many regional differences which we explored, including the difference between the Scottish and English timelines. Here's an easy guide to share with your enthusiastic young archaeologists!!

https://www.digitscotland.com/an-easy-guide-to-scotlands-archaeological-time-periods-and-ages/

20/09/2024

We’re excited for tomorrow where we’ll be celebrating 10 years of Leeds YAC! Former members, friends and interested members of the community are welcome to pop in from 11.15, join in activities and see some of the things we get up to. We couldn’t have run the club without the commitment and enthusiasm of all our volunteers over the years…so huge thank you to you all!

29/08/2024

Ha-ha!

We hope you've all had fabulous summer holidays!

The provisional earth resistance results are in! Some of the black anomalies do seem to line up with the possible ha-ha, and may represent stones beneath the surface.

We've also had some interesting responses from the GPR! The depths of the curved parabolas (the "responses") seem to indicate buried solid objects (stones?) at different depths in different parts of the survey; again some of these, especially on the left hand side in this case, may correlate with the ha-ha!

Can you think of other techniques we can use to find out if we have a ha-ha!?

24/08/2024

We hope you've had a great summer holidays!!

We're looking forward to having you back in what will be our *10th Birthday* ! 🎉🎉🎉

Whilst we have some great activities planned to celebrate, we want to know what activties you want showcasing here at Leeds YAC.

Get in touch with us in your usual way!!

17/07/2024

Ha-ha!! What are we preparing for this month?!

The same techniques we use to prepare for excavations! Ha-ha!!

Keep an eye out in your comms for further details! Ha-ha!!

12/07/2024

Last month we learnt all about flots!
The sorting and collecting of environmental data, which can sometimes also reveal other hidden finds... Can you find our arrowhead?!
Normally charred plants, can tell is about what people were eating, using for fuel and the natural surrounding landscape at the time of human activity.

Look out in your comms for more ways we can discover about what once existed where we stood!

13/06/2024

This month we have created a brilliant session on environmental archaeology!! 🌱🪲🌱 It’s a fun practical session where we’ll get the chance to float our own samples and try and use the evidence we find to be history detectives 🕵️‍♀️. We hope you can join us!

21/05/2024

We had a great time at Middleton Railway. We were honoured to be given a tour of the museum by Charles Milner, chairman of the Middleton Railway! He was so full of knowledge!

We also looked at the practical inspiration and ambition for the world"s first successful steam train... The mining works of Middleton Park!

What was your Young Archaeologists' favourite fact?!

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Address

Middleton Park Visitor Centre
Leeds
LS104HX

Opening Hours

10am - 12pm

Website

https://twitter.com/YAC_Leeds

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