Foreign Perspectives

By chance we saw a promo for an event during June for the local branch of the Young Archaeologists Club which I took the little guys along to.

That was one based around mosaics which kicked off with a short talk to put them into context before we all got going on constructing our very own mosaic. All the meetings are two hours long which was a little bit short to get the mosaics done so we were rushing a little towards the end but even so have two very nice ones sitting in the house now.

With that behind them they were all fired up to join and go along to the monthly meetings. Between one thing and another we didn’t quite manage to get signed up yet but the next meeting was yesterday at Belvoir Park. Slightly iffy weather meant that the decision to go wasn’t taken ’til under an hour before for us but I’m glad we went. That two hours disappears surprisingly quickly when you’re walking round even a small number of sites so with the remains of a country house, a motte, an ice house and a graveyard in terms of built archaeology and the oldest oak tree in Ireland plus a redwood to consider the event was over very quickly indeed. Interestingly though the little guys have remembered a number of the facts presented along the way so it was a surprisingly good means of education.

We’ve finally managed to get the forms to join so will be getting those off during the week as they’re still dead keen on it. Whether they would think that they’ve an interest in archaeology per se is debatable but they’re enjoying the outings and learning a bit along the way too.