Our Photography Competition is still live, but time is running out to enter. We welcome entries under the following headings, in black and white or in colour. We’re also really interested in any older photos you may have, as long as they haven’t been entered in any previous Quantock Hills Read more…
We have now received carbon-14 dates from charcoal samples recovered from our excavations on Cothelstone Hill in the summer of 2021. Coupled with interpretation of the results of a LiDAR survey commissioned of the entire QLPS area, the carbon dates indicate the presence of a previously unknown Late Bronze Age Read more…
In October, residents of Bicknoller were invited to join QLPS volunteers and professional archaeologists from Past Participate in a programme of archaeological test-pitting across the village. Test-Pitting involves local residents digging 1m excavations in their own gardens and recording them archaeologically. It is a well-used technique for both engaging communities Read more…
Dowsborough Hillfort is arguably the most impressive of the many prehistoric monuments on the Quantock Hills. Believed to date from the first millennium BC, Dowsborough occupies a striking vantage point with spectacular views across the Severn Estuary; the defensive bank and ditch earthworks which enclose the site remain imposing to Read more…
Perhaps one of the most exciting historic heritage projects that the QLPS is undertaking is a LiDAR survey of the entire LPS area as part of our ’Understanding the Landscape’ project. Following specialist training provided for us by Historic England, the results of the survey are now being analysed by Read more…
Join our Hedgerow Survey Volunteer team and support our Wildlife Officer in exploring our natural heritage, to record and protect our local landscape. Volunteers are needed to support this invaluable work recording and understanding the precious hedgerows that exist within the entire Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme area. Volunteering will include exploring the countryside and testing your knowledge of woody species and Read more…
Across the Quantock Hills National Landscape and Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme, our Community Engagement Volunteers play an important role in our exciting programme of events and activities, helping to support outreach across the organisations. Community Engagement volunteers help with an eclectic range of activities, supporting on the ground, providing assistance at events, and raising awareness of the work that both the Quantock Hills National Landscape and Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme facilitate. Read more…
Volunteers will help to transcribe Land Tax returns for Quantock parishes as part of the South West Heritage Trust’s Somerset Land Tax Project. The South West Heritage Trust Land Tax Project is a long-term effort to digitise and transcribe their collection of land tax returns. These are annual returns for each parish, beginning c.1766 and ending c.1832. The Land Read more…
Our Digital Heritage Assistants form part of the invaluable work taking place from home, in desk-based roles, interpreting data and supporting the projects of our Historic Heritage Officer in understanding the history, heritage and archaeology of the Quantocks. Trees in the Landscape is our online archive work exploring the catalogue of Estate Read more…
Our Digital Heritage Assistants form part of the invaluable work taking place from home, in desk-based roles, interpreting LiDAR data and supporting the projects of our Historic Heritage Officer in understanding the history, heritage and archaeology of the Quantocks. Full training and support is given to ensure the effective online interpretation of this huge resource Read more…
