{"id":4470,"date":"2026-02-12T16:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historic-environment\/projects\/a382-a383-connection-road\/potted-history-project\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:06:23","slug":"potted-history-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historic-environment\/projects-and-maps\/projects\/potted-history-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Potted History Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DCC Historic Environment Team is pleased to be supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/barnstaplemuseum.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon<\/a>&#8216;s Potted History Project: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/potted-history-reviving-a-forgotten-archaeological-archive\/\">Potted History: Reviving a forgotten archaeological archive &#8211; News<\/a>. Volunteers will work alongside the project archaeologist to record and analyse the finds from excavations carried out in the 1970s and 1980s, including three 17th-century pottery kilns that once fired ceramics destined for trade with the Americas, Wales, Ireland, and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More details will be available soon, and an update can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northdevon.gov.uk\/news\/2026\/museums-potted-history-archaeology-project-enters-next-phase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Devon District Council website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historic-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/English_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"The HLF log is a blue circle containing a drawing of a hand with crossed fingers, and the text 'Made possible with Heritage Fund'\" class=\"wp-image-4464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historic-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/English_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historic-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/English_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historic-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/English_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historic-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/English_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historic-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/English_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historic-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/English_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historic-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/English_Stamp_Colour_JPEG.jpg 1668w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DCC Historic Environment Team is pleased to be supporting the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon&#8216;s Potted History Project: Potted History: Reviving a forgotten archaeological archive &#8211; News. 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