Manchester Histories Festival - 24 February - 4 March 2012

Birley Fields Community Heritage Project: Digging Forgotten Hulme

Join in an archaeological dig at Birley Fields with archaeologists and historians from Manchester Metropolitan University. These participatory sessions will enable you to experience what it is all about. Get your hands dirty in the trenches uncovering what remains of the forgotten past from residential houses to the Industrial Revolution and medieval Jackson's Farm.

Dates

Sat 3 Mar 2012
9.00am - 12.00pm & 1.00pm - 3.00pm

Sun 4 Mar 2012
9.00am - 12.00pm & 1.00pm - 3.00pm

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Price

Free but booking essential

Tickets

Phone
0161 247 3018

More information

Website
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Suitable for

All ages

Event category

Archaeology

Event type

Archaeological dig, Learning

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