Volunteers say the dig is also an opportunity to connect with like-minded people.
Volunteers working at an archaeological dig site are trying to fill a "huge gap" in knowledge about its rural past.
Crop marks were found at High Tarn Farm, near Silloth, Cumbria, indicating that a building may have been on the land, but its age is yet unknown.Archaeologist Mark Graham, of Grampus Heritage, said: "All archaeology is adding to knowledge and when you're out in a field like this, where there is no known site at all, that's filling in a huge gap in our understanding."
It is already known that part of Silloth was once the site of a medieval farm linked to Cistercian monks.Don O’Meara, of Historic England, said some progress was being made in understanding what the High Tarn site might have been used for."We've recovered thousands of tiny oat grains - there's clearly a lot of oat production going on and perhaps the structure might have been used to store that sort of material.
In a 1968 interview, the BBC spoke to author JRR Tolkien about how his experiences during World War One had a profound effect and influenced his fantasy epic, Lord of the Rings.Elizabeth Castle project set to finish in October
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