Scarborough & District Archaeological Society/Scarborough Archaeological & Historical Society Timeline
1938 | T L Gwatkin, curator of the Museum, sets up a volunteer field team who excavate several sites in the district |
1939-45 | WWII intervenes |
20 June 1947 | Scarborough & District Archaeological Society formed at a meeting at Rotunda. T L Gwatkin the first Secretary |
18 Sept 1947 | First public meeting of the new Society – 80 people attend |
1947 | Long campaign of excavations at Crossgates Romano-British & Anglian site commence |
1948 | John Moore discovers a dense concentration of Early Mesolithic flint – the Flixton Island site |
1949 | The first of three years of excavation at Star Carr by Dr Grahame Clark |
5 Feb 1951 | First Social event At Home at Rowntrees Café, Westborough – 50 attend |
1951 | Lake Flixton: a late glacial structure published |
1953 | Excavations start on Great Ayton Moor, finish 1960 |
1956 | Work at Osgodby DMV. Also 1963/64 and 1965 |
1957 | Excavations start on Levisham Moor, finish 1965 |
1957 | Publication of first Transactions |
1958 | Excavations at Ayton Castle start |
1958 | Excavations at Crossgates near Scarborough 1947-56 published. Research Report 1 |
1961 | The Deserted Medieval Village of Hatterboard published |
1961 | The Medieval Pottery in the Scarborough Museum published |
1964 | Wade’s Causeway: A Roman road in N-E Yorkshire published |
1966 | Scarborough 966-1966 published |
1967 | The chambered cairn and adjacent monuments on Great Ayton moor published |
1967 | Ayton Castle: its history and excavation published |
1972 | Cruck framed buildings in Ryedale & Eskdale published |
1973 | Excavations at the Balmoral Hotel site |
1974 | SDAS name changed to Scarborough Archaeological & Historical Society |
1974 | Rosedale Mines & Railway published |
1976 | Local History Booklet 1 published. Scarborough Harbour & Borough |
1976 | Eastborough/West Sandgate excavation |
Dec 1986 | Excavations start at East Sandgate. Start of long campaign of urban fieldwork |
1988 | The history of Ravenscar & Staintondale published |
1988 | Major fieldwork project at Paradise estate starts |
1988 | Town ditch discovered at Leading Post street |
1990 | Society wins Pitt-Rivers award of British Archaeological Awards |
1991 | Peasholm Fort |
1992 | Major fieldwork programme at Saltwick alum works |
1994 | Saltwick alum works: an archaeological interpretation published |
1995 | Society wins AIA Award for Fieldwork for outstanding fieldwork project – Saltwick Alum Works |
1996 | Major excavation project at Springfield. Finished 1998 |
2000 | Society runner up in Pitt-Rivers award of British Archaeological Awards |
2001 | Medieval Scarborough: studies in trade& civic life published jointly with YAS |
2002 | The two year Community Heritage Initiative funded by the HLF starts |
2002 | Scarborough-Heritage.org web site |
May 2003 | Building recording project with NY Vernacular Buildings Study Group |
2003 | A Guide to Historic Scarborough published |
2005 | The archaeology of medieval Scarborough published |
2008 | Trods of the North York Moors published |
2008 | Excavation at Marine Engineers site –former alignment of the quay discovered |
2008 | Excavations on Seamer Moor start. Finish 2010 |
2013 |
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2015 | Society works in conjuction with High Wolds Heritage Group on excavations at Hanging Grimston |