Festival of British Archaeology
festival archaeology fortnightlong festival coordinated council british archaeology cba annual ukwide festival event take place across england wale scotland northern ireland festival began national archaeology day event held initially linked european heritage day september year however feedback participant led decision council british archaeology separate european heritage day move event july order make fieldwork opportunity summer festival increased weekendlong event event became nineday festival name national archaeology week council british archaeology renamed national archaeology week festival archaeology year festival take place july since linked european archaeology day overseen inrap french national institute preventive archaeological research aegis french ministry culture festival centred council british archaeology aim widening participation archaeology encouraging people visit site archaeological historical interest museum heritage site resource centre event held locally nationally wide variety group society event range small local event larger countywide event focus different aspect british archaeology cba coordinate overall festival individual group society able produce event locally generate publicity event group number event run year promote archaeology history see list festival included day archaeology profile festival archaeology grown recent year festival received national medium coverage newspaper guardian telegraph featured bbcs one show highprofile figure barbara follett phil harding julian richards involved festival childrens magazine beano featured festival archaeology front cover european heritage day heritage open day journées nationales de larchéologie