Archaeological Excavations, Garshall Green
Stoke-on-Trent Museum Archaeological Society undertook excavations from 1997 to 2003. The main feature to emerge was a house platform belonging to what is now thought to be a 17th or 18th century peasant ...
Castle excavations, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Archeologists are pictured here during the excavation of the castle site in Newcastle. These excavations discovered old masonry from the castle, the foundations of a gatehouse in John of Gaunt's Road, ...
Excavating the mill wheel, White Barn Farm, Shugborough
Members of Staffordshire Industrial Archaeology Society excavating the iron mill wheel which drove a water powered threshing machine at White Barn Farm on the Shugborough Estate. White Barn was built ...
Excavation of Queen's Low Barrow, Tixall, (1)
Queen's Low is a burial mound located near Lower Hanyards.
The mound dates from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age (2400 - 1500 BC), and is known as a 'bowl' barrow because of its shape.
Excavation of Queen's Low Barrow, Tixall, (2)
Queen's Low is a burial mound located near Lower Hanyards.
The mound dates from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age (2400 - 1500 BC), and is known as a 'bowl' barrow because of its shape.
Excavation of St. Bertelin's Church, Stafford
Mr. A. H. Oswald, Keeper of Archaeology at Birmingham Museum, describing the progress of excavations on the site of St. Bertelin's Chapel in St. Mary's churchyard to members of the Old Stafford Society. ...
Excavations at Letocetum Roman site, Wall
One of a series of views of excavations at the Roman site at Wall which took place between 1912 and 1914. This view shows a hypocaust (underfloor heating system) in what was at the time thought to be ...
Holditch Roman settlement excavation, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Archaeologists and voluteers are seen here in the process of excavating the Holditch Roman settlement. Roman pottery was discovered during the building of a factory on the site of Holditch Farm and this ...
Pomona Inn Excavations, Lower Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Start of archaeological excavations at the Pomona Pottery Site on Lower Street.
This is the moment where they discovered a Georgian well in the Landlord's living room.
The 'New Castle' by Chris Haynes
To celebrate the 850th anniversary of Newcastle-under-Lyme receiving its first royal charter, in 2023 local artist Chris Haynes painted the medieval landscape of the borough and Manor of Newcastle as ...
The Waterfall, Slitting Mill, Rugeley
Postcard view of the waterfall on the diverted Rising Brook at Slitting Mill Dutton's Pool (previously known as Slitting Mill Pool). James Dutton, a carpenter, resided at adjacent property named the Horns ...
William Ricards Collection at the Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme
William Richards was a keen archaeologist and a local collector of archaeology and objects from different countries. The weird and wonderful objects in this collection have come from all over the world. ...