Our Projects

We collaborate with councils, landscape partnerships and historical societies to ensure our excavations and projects are accessible to the public. Click below to read about some of our recent community excavations.

A community group undertaking a survey in the graveyard of Kilmore church

Community Surveys

We work with local communities to carry out surveys of graveyards, buildings or landscapes. Members of these communities are involved in the fieldwork and are central to the research.

Festivals and Events

We don't just dig, read about some of the other things we do - from education programmes to archaeological festivals!

Publications

The staff of the CCA have produced and contributed to many publications.

Lough Neagh Landscape Partnership

The CCA have been involved in several projects with the Lough Neagh Partnership.

Lough Erne Landscape Partnership

The CCA have been involved in several projects with the Lough Erne Landscape Partnership

Community volunteers excavating in the Glens of Antrim

Heart of the Glens Landscape Partnership

The CCA have been involved in several projects with the Heart of the Glens Landscape Partnership

Ring of Gullion Partnership

The results of several projects carried out by the Centre for Community Archaeology, in partnership with the Ring of Gullion Partnership and the Creggan Historical Society, were presented in a series of talks as part of the Ring of Gullion Lúnasa Festival 2021. From geophysical surveys to excavations, these investigations looked at a range of sites in south Armagh. In particular, the community excavations at Cornahove and the Dorsey earthworks.

Story Maps - Presenting local stories to a wider audience

We've worked with local historical societies to present their knowledge and research to a wider audience.

Discovery 2023! Seventh annual review of archaeological discoveries in Ulster

Discovery! Annual conference

Since 2017 the Centre for Community Archaeology has hosted the annual Discovery! Conference with our partners in the Ulster Archaeological Society. The conference is an opportunity for both interested members of the public and professionals to hear about recent archaeological research and excavation conducted over the previous 12 months, with lectures from across the archaeological community in Ulster – the commercial sector, museums, academics, societies and community groups – all represented at the podium.

EAA 2023

The 28th conference of the European Association of Archaeologists was hosted at Queen's Univeristy by the CCA. This saw 3,000 archaeologists from across the world congregate in Belfast for three days of lectures and networking events to advance the study of archaeology in Europe.

Queen's University Belfast

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