Volunteer for Sutton Hoo 2024 Dig!
Added 2024-05-17 16:55:24 +0000 UTCWe are delighted to announce that we have a limited number of volunteering opportunities available to participate in Time Team's dig at Sutton Hoo this June. We are offering all our Patreon members the option to register your interest in this opportunity!
Activities will take place between 18th and 20th June 2024, and include excavation, test-pitting and finds processing. No previous experience is necessary, and all activities will be conducted under the supervision of event professionals.
Applications can only be made via our dedicated form, by 23:59 (BST) on Friday 24th May 2024.
CLICK HERE to enter form and for full details, terms and conditions.
Please note: We are anticipating a high demand - application does not guarantee a place. Please do read the full terms and conditions to ensure you are able to commit to this opportunity.
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We believe the boat had been sea-going due to a repair that has been found in the hull. It's also unlikely that a boat would be built specifically for a funeral due to the length of time it takes. The body would be a bit ripe by the time it was finished. I believe ( but have to confirm) that the rivets showed sea water was a factor in the rusting.
Dazzle Monroe
2024-07-15 18:41:25 +0000 UTCCan we assume if we haven't been contacted by now we weren't successful?
Laura and Alex Tovey
2024-06-02 23:02:36 +0000 UTCI have a question that is niggling me. I don’t meant to sound ignorant or even disrespectful. •How does anyone know that the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship was built just for that purpose, or, if it had been built, sailed and then buried with its occupant and g/goods? Watching the Sutton Hoo Ship reconstruction episode and it’s so interesting and fascinating. I’m blown away by all the facets coming together. It’s going to be amazing. Coming from Australia, sadly we don’t have such an ancient and archaeological heritage as the UK. Seeing the ship finished, the burial sites and the artefacts that have been discovered over the years, would be an amazing experience and an event of a lifetime. 👍🏻🫶🏻
Michelle Cailes
2024-06-02 05:42:30 +0000 UTCGot a plane ticket picked out and ready to roll just in case I get lucky!!
Mechanical Muse
2024-05-26 18:52:14 +0000 UTCWe will contact successful applicants ASAP after the closing date 24th May. Please look out for correspondence via the email address submitted on the form. Applicants will need to respond immediately and will be required to complete and return additional paperwork ASAP before 31st May in order to secure a place. Full details will be provided to successful applicants via email. Thanks and good luck!
Time Team
2024-05-23 10:13:12 +0000 UTCWhen will lucky people be contacted to say they are a volunteer?
Nick Butt
2024-05-23 09:39:33 +0000 UTCOh man, I wish I could go. My dog is 17 and can't travel. Keep asking for volunteers maybe I'll be able to make one. Not too soon, but in the future.
Kat Monster
2024-05-22 01:06:10 +0000 UTCJust spent the day at Sutton Hoo, they all seem very excited by the upcoming visit from Time Team, and are expecting quite a boost to visitor numbers for the duration of the dig.
Craig Richardson
2024-05-20 16:23:07 +0000 UTC2 hours away and hoping for the best!
Richard Seaton
2024-05-20 12:09:04 +0000 UTCapplied and hoping for the best!!
Richard Seaton
2024-05-20 12:07:29 +0000 UTCMe too. In US but fingers crossed
Daniel Imhoff
2024-05-19 23:57:06 +0000 UTCWow!! Wish that I could volunteer on a dig!! If the dates were a month later!!
Ramona Ramsey
2024-05-19 02:35:02 +0000 UTCIs it possible to visit the dig at the weekends during June? Like many I can't volunteer due to work and family, but it would be amazing to see it.
Jim
2024-05-18 21:33:07 +0000 UTCLove this opportunity, sadly I've already booked holiday travel for that week and can't change it. Crossing my fingers for a similar opportunity next year. Best of luck to all that do apply.
Carl Johnson
2024-05-18 21:19:53 +0000 UTCBest of luck on your exams...and I'm sure he'll be with you in spirit when you graduate. 💞
Patricia Amero
2024-05-18 16:29:48 +0000 UTCI’m in the middle of exams and things so won’t be able to, but I’m on the flag (with my late father), so there in spirit!
Kerie Receveur
2024-05-18 11:56:26 +0000 UTCI could crawl around under the finds table, like a puppy waiting for dropped morsels of goodness. 😁
Patricia Amero
2024-05-18 08:54:07 +0000 UTCBest of luck with your surgery, Ingrid. I hope you heal quickly and can get in on a future dig 🤞
Patricia Amero
2024-05-18 08:49:02 +0000 UTCI feel your pain, Andy 😢
Patricia Amero
2024-05-18 08:44:40 +0000 UTCNever in my wildest dreams did I think I'd get this incredible opportunity, and have to turn it down. 😥 I'll be there in spirit, my name waving on our flag, with me cheering loudly from the sidelines in Yukon, Canada.
Patricia Amero
2024-05-18 08:33:56 +0000 UTCToo bad we couldn't travel together... I'm right next door to you in the Yukon. That would be a hoot... A Sutton Hoo Hoot 😅
Patricia Amero
2024-05-18 08:20:55 +0000 UTCI'm in and 30mins from the Dig fingers crossed
Under The Bodie
2024-05-18 06:54:01 +0000 UTCAbsolutely gutted that the only day this year that I have anything I can't get out of is the 20th. Would have loved to have had the chance to take part, especially as I only live an hour up the road, but what an incredible opportunity this will be for those lucky enough to take part. If you find yourselves short of tea makers for the first two days, give me a shout; I'd happily offer my services in any capacity.
Craig Richardson
2024-05-18 03:09:57 +0000 UTCTime Team + Sutton Hoo is orders of magnitude greater than the sum of its parts. Form submitted and fingers crossed! Good luck to all who are hoping to join the dig
Pete McLaughlin
2024-05-17 22:37:47 +0000 UTCI would love to! But, I'll have to watch and experience virtually.
Dorothy Frank
2024-05-17 22:36:56 +0000 UTCI would love to travel over the top and drop by from Alaska.
Mark & Jill Jefson
2024-05-17 20:32:20 +0000 UTCI sure would love to volunteer for this but I'm in the US and airfares are through the roof. I'll be there in spirit.
Shannon Wells
2024-05-17 20:30:56 +0000 UTCCurrently excavating as a volunteer at Magna Roman fort on Hadrian's wall. I can't make Sutton Hoo but to anyone considering volunteering on this or any other dig, all i can say is you won't regret the experience. Having watched TT since the beginning i can also say it's helped me understand many of the techniques, not least the importance of a clean and straight section! The only difference is, we don't have just three days to do it!
Simon Orchard
2024-05-17 20:05:12 +0000 UTCGahhh!!! I've never been so excited! I'm a brit who lives in the US and this falls exactly when I will be back in the UK with nothing to do before attending a wedding!!!! The stars must be aligned for me rn. ⛦◜▿◝
Olivia Wilson
2024-05-17 19:44:24 +0000 UTCAnd yes I hate auto correct😂
Rob Treen
2024-05-17 19:25:32 +0000 UTCOnly been a fan since just before Xmas and now can't get enough of archaeology, gutted I wont be able to get to Sutton Hoo to volunteer but maybe or hopefully a time team visit to lancashire could happen in the future. So much to explore like castercliff, castle steade, Warton crag or the new discoveries at Bourne Hill, or help solve the mystery of Ptolomys Portus Sentantiorum... I can but hope, or find a local group to join
Rob Treen
2024-05-17 19:24:14 +0000 UTCI live in Colorado, USA. This year I am saving up, renewing my passport and planning on volunteering hopefully in 2025. I told my kids that when I was growing up I wanted to be an archaeologist. Now my kids tell me since I retired this year, why not go live my dream!
Theresa Cashin
2024-05-17 18:49:34 +0000 UTCI KNEW there was a reason I bought that trowel and t-shirts! Fingers crossed!
Mechanical Muse
2024-05-17 18:28:51 +0000 UTCI would love to take part. My father got me into Time Team and it’s just up the road too
Sariah Smith
2024-05-17 18:18:03 +0000 UTCOh, I wish... But I could not get there. If you ever do a dig in Wiltshire, though 😉
Wessex-Wyvern
2024-05-17 17:43:43 +0000 UTCOh, wow! I wish I could apply, but I already have a trip planned during that time. 😭 I do hope you'll offer further opportunities to join TT on a dig. Please???
choklityum
2024-05-17 17:27:18 +0000 UTCI hear ya! I can make the cakes! 😁
defythemachin3
2024-05-17 17:27:14 +0000 UTCOh my goodness - if only I was over there (I'm in USA)!!! Fab opportunity for a few lucky souls!! Make the most of it! 🙂
defythemachin3
2024-05-17 17:25:59 +0000 UTCOh no! I'm out of the country that week so I can't even enter 😭😭😭
Andy Gabriel-Powell
2024-05-17 17:25:35 +0000 UTCLove this 👏🏻
Jamie Goodman
2024-05-17 17:25:15 +0000 UTCI worked on the original 80's dig for a few years with Martin Carver. So have definately entered :) x
Katrina Copping
2024-05-17 17:22:33 +0000 UTCBeen a fan of TT from day one and there is no way I could pass on this opportunity to actually be physically involved. I'm only 45 mins up the road from it too. Can only hope 🤞🏻 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Jamie Goodman
2024-05-17 17:21:06 +0000 UTCHave signed up and am booking a camp site space immediately! A once in a lifetime opportunity!
Nick Butt
2024-05-17 17:18:40 +0000 UTCI'd love to but I'm just too damned old and weary lol. I could come and make brews
Paul Smyth
2024-05-17 17:16:04 +0000 UTCSigned up! All the way from North Carolina USA. Fingers crossed I’m among those who are selected!
Jessie Doherty
2024-05-17 17:13:15 +0000 UTCWell I’m sighed up!
Todd Gillespie
2024-05-17 17:12:57 +0000 UTCGreetings from the West Coast of the United States. Wish I could volunteer, but travel to the UK is not in the cards at this time. Good luck to whoever wins this amazing opportunity, and please let us know how it's going! It would be fun to see this from a fan's perspective.
Michael Sperry
2024-05-17 17:05:09 +0000 UTCOhhhh would be first in the queue. Unfortunately will be still recovering from surgery at that time :( Please do this again for another dig!
Ingrid Mayer
2024-05-17 17:03:24 +0000 UTCI am so jealous! I was just looking to see if volunteering was possible as I would LOOOVE to join a future dig. But alas I am many thousands of miles away! This is going to be amazing.
Autumn Teeter
2024-05-17 17:00:30 +0000 UTCEntered - how could you pass up that opportunity! Awesome!
Justin Freeman
2024-05-17 17:00:14 +0000 UTC
