ABOUT US
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If you have a field or a mystery that you would like us to investigate please contact us: field.detectives@gmail.com
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Investigation Invitation
The Field Detectives is a group of historians that seek opportunities to survey fields that can tell us more about how our historic landscapes evolved. By sharing the findings from our field surveys, we help to inform and re-engage people with their local heritage. One of our favourite sayings is “Every field tells a story”.
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Illegal Metal Detecting
On Sunday, 24th August 2025, we caught two men about to start metal detecting at Owthorpe. They were on the land without permission, and when confronted, they referenced a well-known Nottinghamshire landowner and a map that they didn’t produce. Later clarification of the facts proved that they were lying. The landowners have been informed, and we will be bringing this incident to the next Heritage Crime meeting at Loughborough in a couple of weeks. It is 2025, and still, we have people stealing our history from the land for personal gain – it has left a sour taste that is difficult to remove.
What we need now is to start planning an Owthorpe Heritage Event for 2026, to showcase how historic landscape studies should be done, and to help raise much-needed funds for the village hall and church. The right way is the only way!
Field Survey Calendar
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The Owthorpe Block of Fields Investigation
Pond Wong
Friday 29th August 2025 – from 10:00 am
Sunday 31st August 2025 – from 10:00 am
Hoveringham Hall Close Investigation
Looking for the home of Sir Robert Goushill
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March to October 2025​​
Nottinghamshire's Pompeii Drone Flight​​
​The next set of drone images will be here soon. The remaining months of this year's investigation will focus on the building to the south of the barn and the circle while the barn is covered over for the winter. If anyone has any old large tarpaulins they would like to donate to the investigation, that would be a brilliant help to us.
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The Field Detectives Talks Calendar