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The Bamburgh Research Project (BRP) is an independent, non-profit archaeological project investigating Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, one of the most important archaeological sites currently under excavation in northern England. We have also investigated a prehistoric site just a few miles from the castle, the Bradford Kaims. Since 1996 we have been working to uncover the history of this fascinating castle and its environs, from prehistory to the present day. We aim, through our work, to bring the past to life for everyone.

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Archaeology field school, based in Northumberland, currently excavating at Bamburgh Castle. 2019 Season runs from 16th June - 27th July

📢The Director's 2021 Dig Season Round-up: Part

📢 Our excavation @Bamburgh_Castle has come to a

Graeme getting a few record shots of Trench 5b!

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Ola and Mili are absolutely fab at #postex sorting

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End of Season Director’s Round-up: Part 2
At the end of our 2021 dig season, we outlined the background and focus for the dig season here. In this blog post we look at the results of the dig. A number of the older surviving plans of Bamburgh Castle depict the Tower of Elmund’s Well amongst the outworks beyond St Oswald’s Gate, so […]
BRP gets a mention in a new podcast
Craig Huddart the Principal Archaeologist (Northeast England & Scotland Lead) for Orion Heritage Archaeology is no stranger to the Bamburgh Research Project, he was a fiomer student and remains in touch with us. He has added a new string to his bow as an interviewer and you can check out his new podcast episode below […]
Early Modern Witchcraft
You thought we forgot about you, didn’t you? Oh no, we were waiting for spooky season to kick into high gear before we dropped our last post on the history of witchcraft in our part of the world. You can read Part I on magic and witches in some of the ancient empires of Mediterranean […]
End of Season Director’s Round-up
This Director’s 2021 Round-up Report will split into two posts. This blog post is a round-up of previous work undertaken in the excavation area and sets out what our aims were for the 2021 season. The second post will look at how the actual excavation results matched up to what we expected and will look […]
Round-Up: Week 3
Dig season 2021 is officially in the books! It was a short but valuable season for us to get our bearings on a few parts of the complicated outworks of Bamburgh Castle. Look out for a full-season round-up from Director Graeme Young. Trench 5a was extended numerous times to try and find any remaining bit […]

Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Castle: West Ward Trench 3 gives us a glimpse into the industrial heart of the Anglo Saxon fortress. The stratigraphy is complex and deep with multiple phases of buildings and industry of all kinds, from high status metalworking, to blacksmithing,...

Bradford Kaims

Bradford Kaims Wetland Heritage Project The Bamburgh Research Project is working with the local community and universities to investigate a truly remarkable ancient wetland site, located just a few mile from Bamburgh, near the village of Lucker in Northumberla...

Bowl Hole

Bamburgh Bowl Hole Cemetery The Bowl Hole is an early medieval cemetery site just 300m to the south of Bamburgh Castle. It is thought to be the burial ground for the royal court of the Northumbrian palace that lies beneath the present castle. The excavation o...