Dates for this year's dig on the site of Elsyng Palace in Forty Hall have been confirmed for July 12th-26th.

Following on from last year's work, this year we will be moving on to a focused effort to relocate the extensive palace structures uncovered by the EAS between 1963 and 1966.

Unfortunately most of the original records from the work in the 1960s have been lost, and we only have a few blurry slides showing the locations of the original trenches.

According to those, last year's dig should have put us in the right area to find at least one of the '60s trenches, and although we were able to uncover more features of the palace's inner gatehouse, there was no sign of previous EAS work.

This has lead us to believe that the sixties work was most likely located further west of the lime avenue and so this year we are planning to lay out a series of exploratory trenches to relocate some of the extensive structures, and to evaluate their state of preservation.

Please note that places on this dig may be limited - if you are not already a member of the Society and want to join us on this dig, the deadline for application is June 28th.