…not this week!

Allendale Primary School spent the day at Dukesfield Arches today, working alongside the stonemasons, archaeologists, and volunteers on a range of heritage and arts based activities.

Getting entrenched in the archaeology:

 

Making technical drawings of the excavations:

Helping rebuild the Leat wall using traditional lime mortar:

 

Writing haiku poetry about the arches then and now:

Sketching their inspiration for their entries into the Allendale Agricultural Show:

 

And exploring perspective and focus using the camera obscura:

From the comments afterwards, the archaeologists, stone masons and volunteers enjoyed it just as much as the children. What a great day!