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 Welcome to the web site of the
Mount Folly Enclosures Project.		 Mt Folly 2007
 

The Mount Folly Enclosures Project is an archaeological investigation of Iron Age and Romano-British occupation of a coastal settlement in the South Hams of Devon.  The project started with a small two-week investigation in 2003.  Since that time it has grown to be one of the largest volunteer excavations in the south west of England.

MtF08: trench viewThe investigation concentrates on a group of articulated enclosures that was first recognised in aerial reconnaissance by Frances Griffith, Devon County Archaeologist, in 1989.  Pot sherds recovered from the enclosure ditches during our excavations date the complex to the later Iron Age - Romano-British period.

The project is run by Dr Eileen Wilkes of Bournemouth University.  It has been funded by grants from national and local bodies including the Royal Achaeological Institute, the Roman Research Trust, Devon Archaeological Society, Plymouth and District Archaeological Society and Bigbury History Society LHI.  All the participants are volunteers and the project is closely associated with Devon Archaeological Society.

This web site is very much a work in progress as a 'notice board' of information for the Mount Folly team.  If you would like further information about the project please contact Eileen Wilkes using the email link near the bottom of this page.


2010 FieldworkMtF mascot

Plans are in preparation for fieldwork in 2010 when excavation and survey will continue on the site for six weeks.  For existing participants, the excavation briefing note and application form for 2010 are available as a pdf document to download by clicking HERE.  A separate window will appear in your browser from which you can save or print the document.  You will need a password to access the document that has been sent to pre-registered participants.

In order to view the pdf document you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader: if you do not already have that installed on your machine it can be downloaded for no charge from here. 

When you have downloaded the application form, print it off, fill it in (not forgetting to sign it in two places) and return to the address given at the end of the form.

If you have not participated in the project before but are interested in joining the team in 2010 please contact Eileen Wilkes using the email link at the bottom of this page.


Open Afternoon

If you would like to visit the excavation and see our work in progress please come along to our Open Afternoon.  This will be held on Sunday 29 August, 2010, from 2.00pm - 4.00pm. You will have the opportunity to see the excavation and talk to team members about the work.  Members of Devon Archaeological Society and Bigbury History Society will be on hand to discuss the work of those Societies as well as their involvement with the Mount Folly Enclosures Project.

 

In due course it is likely that further information relating to the project will be made available on these web pages.

In the meantime, if you have any queries or comments regarding the Mount Folly Enclosures Project, please contact the project director, Dr Eileen Wilkes.

 

Thanks to Jon Eversett for his help in setting up this web site.                               

EMW/MtF/June 2010.