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Past events
Location: North Yorkshire
In this section we are reporting on some of the events we held in the past year along with some of the photos we took..
10 June 2006
Cawood Finds Day
Venue: Cawood
Even though we clashed with the first England match in the world cup series, we had a good turn out for the finds day. We were really pleased with the response from the village and we found a range of items from several centuries. This included some second century roman pottery and a 13th century lead seal.
18 February 2006
Mammal Discovery Day
On a beautiful morning at the beginning of half term, a group of about 35 children and parents armed with torches, pencils and magnifying glasses learnt how to look for evidence of the mammals that live on the Garth.
Fiona Gladwell, a zoologist and a member of the Cawood Castle Garth Group, showed everyone the type of footprints and droppings left by certain mammals. Her comprehensive workbook gave information on all the signs left by most British mammals that might be found. For two hours, the excited children made a wide search of the grass and vegetation on the Garth.
In the undergrowth were placed special carbon treated plates, which would show footprints of any animal that walked across them.
During the hunt for evidence, signs of rabbits, rats, mice, voles, squirrels and in particular many footprints of foxes were found.
Unfortunately much evidence of a family friend, the dog, was also found-mostly on the bottom of shoes!
The detective day was concluded with a quiz on British mammals and a prize for the most correct answers, was won by Milly Bates.
Thanks to Fiona for organising a great day out and to everyone who participated.
26 November 2005
Pond Clearing working party
Venue: Garth Pond
Following the guidance from the ecological survey a group of volunteers attempted to clear 10% of the pond surface area to prevent it from silting up. It was a bitterly cold day and the work was a challenge - pulling the rushes roots out by hand was hard work.
18 October 2005
Molehill finds day
Venue: Cawood School
School children helped our experts wash and examine the finds they had seen on the Sept 04 Mole hill sift day. The children also learnt about the types of evidence people living at different types in history would have left as clues to the way they lived.
9 October 2005
Earth works survey weekend
Venue: Cawood
Fans of Channel 4’s Time Team will know the value of the work of ‘Landscape Detective’ Stewart Ainsworth, whether the site under investigation is a prehistoric camp, a medieval abbey or a downed Second World War bomber. Over the weekend of 8th-9th October, three of Stewart’s English Heritage colleagues led a weekend of training in field survey for our Group. They opened our eyes to recognise and interpret archaeological evidence visible with the naked eye, and sometimes staring us in the face. And they showed us how to record what we saw, using a range of techniques from high-tech satellite mapping to simple, old-fashioned taped survey.
2005 Cawood Craft Fair
Venue: Cawood
We held an exhibition near the Church at last year's craft festival and encouraged people to sign up for our events and voluntary activities. We had a good response. Lots of interest in our draft nature trail leaflet with the author giving a series of guided tours along its route.
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