A COMMUNITY archaeology project to find out about people who called the Duddon Valley their home many centuries ago will be described in a special presentation on November 22.

The free event is being held at 7pm for a 7.30pm start at the Victory Hall, Broughton and light refreshments will be served.

It is being hosted by the Duddon Valley Local History Group to tell people about the results of an excavation of the longhouse at Seathwaite.

Speakers will include Jamie Quartermaine, the Oxford Archaeology North site director and Jeremy Bradley, the archaeologist in charge of the excavation.

There will also be representatives from the National Trust and Lake District National Park Authority.

The History Group has been able to carry out this work as a result of donations from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Copeland Council, CGP Trust Fund, the Lake District National Park Authority and the Sir John Fisher Foundation.

The Longhouse project involves a programme of survey and excavation on the sites of three medieval long houses in the Duddon Valley, near Seathwaite Tarn.

The aim of the programme is to discover the history of these fascinating monuments and their associated upland landscape.

It has involved the training of project volunteers in different archaeological survey techniques.