Many local further education colleges run courses, including GCSE and A level, and these are also listed. Archaeological organisations Information about sites and finds in the local area can be obtained from the Sites and Monuments Record. Local authority archaeologists often give advice to schools and some provide an education service for their area. The services that an organisation provides for schools are listed under its address in each section. In many areas of the country, valuable archaeological work is done by local societies.
Some societies concentrate on organising programmes of lectures of field visits.
However, others carry out fieldwork and often welcome interest from schools, or even offers of help. It is these societies active in the field which are listed below. Sites worth visiting To provide pupils with a first hand experience of archaeological finds or sites, it is often necessary to make visits outside the classroom. Simply leaving the school gates can give access to a historic environment. Any town or village high street will show a variety of building styles from different periods of the past.