Join in Black Death archaeological dig

The Charterhouse Sutton’s Hospital, Charterhouse Square, London
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This event ended on Friday 25th of July 2014
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Free
Location

The Charterhouse Sutton’s Hospital, Charterhouse Square, London

Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Barbican 0.13 miles

The Charterhouse, one of London’s longest serving almshouses and a hidden historic gem of the capital, is inviting Londoners to become an archaeologist for the day.

The competition will allow lucky winners to join a community dig for half a day at its historic Clerkenwell site where Crossrail archaeologists recently unearthed a Black Death burial ground. The project will give locals the chance to dig deeper into their history to discover artefacts from the grounds of one of London’s best preserved examples of a Tudor mansion, built in the middle of a 14th Century emergency burial ground.

The Charterhouse is working in partnership with Crossrail, its contractors BFK and MOLA, and the Museum of London and the London Borough of Islington to host the community dig during the Festival of Archaeology from 18th to 25th July.

The Charterhouse will open the archaeology excavations to public viewing on 24 and 25 July and will include opportunities for children to take part in specially constructed archaeology dig boxes not associated with the burial ground (pre-booking of children’s dig boxes events required).

To celebrate this unique event, a series of public lectures will be held by leading historians and archaeologists.* Currently there are over 200 places are available on the public talks, bookings required. For more information go to website

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