Enrich The List with the Young Archaeologists' Club (YAC)

The Young Archaeologists' Club is partnering with Historic England to give YAC branches the opportunity to 'Enrich The List'.

On July 24th, as part of the Festival of Archaeology YAC Takeover Day, the YAC will be focusing on this year's Festival theme 'exploring local place'. One of the ways we are supporting our YAC members to explore their local place is by teaming up with Historic England's 'Enrich the List' team to create bespoke resources to help branches discover new and hidden stories about the places they live in.

What is Enrich the List?

Enrich the List launched in 2016 with the aim of keeping the List rich, relevant and up-to-date by asking the public to contribute information, through photographs historical events social history or information about the architecture or archaeology of a site.

The List has over 400,000 entries: tower blocks and tombstones, barrows and bunkers, palaces and pigsties, plague crosses and piers, cathedrals, windmills and rollercoasters.

Many places on the List are well-known and even world-famous. But in some cases there is much that remains unknown.

How can Young Archaeologists' Clubs get involved?

By using Enrich the List, and the associated activities available on the Young Archaeologists' Club (YAC) website, YAC Branches can learn about their local heritage. They can help to 'Enrich the List' by taking photographs, creating art and collecting stories. They might just discover a few secrets about England’s spectacular historic places along the way!

Collectively each YAC branch can then upload what they have found to the Enrich the List website. We invite you to share your knowledge and pictures of listed places, so we can record important facts and even unlock the secrets of some places.

The new resources will launch during the YAC Takeover Day on July 24th