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We will be continuing our excavation of Kildale’s 13th Century Chapel of St Hilda on Wednesdays and Sundays, weather permitting, 10:30 am – 4 pm, starting on Wednesday 24th April and continuing until about the end of September. Anyone who wants to experience digging on an archaeological site can join us for a day free… Continue reading The 2024 Digging Season

Our Chairman, Roger Inman will be giving a presentation of his thoughts on the excavations so far of the previously lost Chapel of St. Hilda at Kildale. He has some radical new ideas that will be of interest to members and friends. This event will be on Sunday April 7th, at Great Broughton Village Hall,… Continue reading The excavations so far

This paper by our Chairman Roger Inman has been submitted for publication in the 2024 Bulletin (No. 28) of the Teesside Archaeological Society. It summarises what we have done so far and gives his theories on what we have found. MEDIEVAL CHAPEL IN KILDALE Over the past three years members of the Hidden Valleys Community… Continue reading January 2024 Review

Our excavations at Park Farm have been much more productive than anticipated.  Over the last two years we found substantial walling – very tactile and very obvious. However, this year it was suspected that we would find only ditches, gullies, and postholes. Instead we found three sides of a stone building with an attached stone… Continue reading Synopsis 2023

On Saturday  September 2nd we will have a stall at Kildale Show. This will give visitors from the local community a chance to learn about our current excavation at the site of the Chapel of St. Hilda and other sites where we have worked in the “Hidden Valleys” of  the Northern Moors in the National Park.… Continue reading September 2023 News

Here is an opportunity to come and see us at Botton on Saturday 8th July and to join in with the rest of the festival closing event.

The one essential is a garden kneeling mat and/or a pair of strap on knee pads. If you have a sturdy bucket and a small hand shovel you can bring them along but we do have several available. You will need appropriate clothing and footwear. In the middle of the summer you will also need… Continue reading What you need for digging

We are pleased to be one of the local organisations participating in the Esk Valley and East Cleveland Community Earth Festival. The full programme can be viewed at or downloaded from https://www.eskvalleynews.co.uk/cef-programme See our entry in the programme on page 2. We will be continuing our excavation of Kildale’s 13th Century Chapel of St Hilda… Continue reading Community Earth Festival and 2023 digging season

 “Excavation of a Medieval Chapel in Kildale“ by our Chair Roger Inman to Teesside Archaeological Society. Admission charge of £3 for non-members of the archaeological society. Doors open 7:00 p.m. Talk 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. At Lecture Hall, Middlesbrough College, Dock Street, Middlesbrough, TS2 1AD – see Current programme – Teesside Archaeological Society. https://teesarchsoc.com/programme/

 “Excavation of a Medieval Chapel in Kildale“ by our Chair Roger Inman at 7.30 pm to Kirkby ,Great Broughton and Ingleby Greenhow Local History Society at Great Broughton Village Hall. Admission charge of £3 for non-members of the history society. See Programme – Kirby, Great Broughton and Ingleby Greenhow Local History Group https://kgbighistory.org.uk/programme/