Discovering the Ancient Don Gorge
Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery, inHeritage, South Yorkshire Archaeology Service, 2010. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000121. How to cite using this DOI
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- ADS Collection: 905
- ALSF Project Number: 5327
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000121
- How to cite using this DOI
Overview
The project was delivered by Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery, South Yorkshire Archaeology Service and InHeritage on behalf of the Don Gorge Strategic Partnership and was funded through DEFRA's Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, which is administered by English Heritage.
The project was targetted at local communities living in the parishes of Cadeby, Conisbrough, Sprotbrough, Warmsworth, Deneby, Edlington and Mexborough, although it was also accessible to anyone living in the borough.
The core aim of the project was to reduce the effects of aggregates extraction on local communities by raising awareness of the rich historic environment of the Don gorge, demonstrating its regional importance and educating the local communities about the link between aggregate extraction and the discovery and study of local archaeology.
The focus was on the development of the landscape and human occupation of it, from the Ice Age until just before the Norman Conquest. A series of public events and activities were designed to Promote community engagement in understanding and discovering the heritage of the Don Gorge.
