📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The General Directorate for Cultual Heritage is an institution in the Community of Madrid that is responsable, among others, for historic preservation and heritage as well as promoting and fostering public Access to cultural heritage assets.
💼 What the programme involves
Possible furnace-forging: Removal and clearing of vegetation and trees as well as cleaning around and inside the structure. Cleaning by scraping building elements. Estratigraphic documentation of both interior and exterior fillings of the structure.
Decanting structure: Surface removal of vegetation; open the Southeast slope until fully delimitate the structure and document its borders in plan; empty the decanter to its base and excavate its outer sides to reveal its section and elevation.
Main channel: Hydraulic construction which will involve upstream and downstream interventions. Cleaning tasks, focused on the edges of the chanel.
INTERNAL ORGANIZATION
Participants will work 5 days a week. The actual work of the workcamp will be carried out in the morning. In the afternoon, leisure and recreation activities will be held. There will be two days off (on weekends) per week.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Los Batanes Youth Hostel (Rascafria-Madrid).
Los Batanes Youth Hostel is located at Km 27.600 on M-604 road, 2 Km from Rascafría and 98 Km from Madrid, at the head of Lozoya Valley, in the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park
Los Batanes Youth Hostel, phone number: 91 869 15 11
It has rooms of 4 and 8 plzas, work rooms, spaces for common use and meals. Because of its facilities, they offer an ideal framework for the realization of educational, sports, environmental and leisure activities.
📍 About the location
Complementary activities: Workshops and group leisure activities will be held. In addition, we will visit Segovia to discover the city.
⚠️ Requirements
Young people and students in general and preferably students of archeology, history of art, restoration and architecture.
The workcamp targets young people between 18 and 30 who are interested in the Archaeology.
ℹ️ Additional information
THINGS TO BRING
Clothes to work: Sturdy boots, gloves, long-sleeve T-shirts, long pants to prevent mosquito bites, a cap, sunscreen.
Outerwear and rainwear, swimsuit, mosquito repellent, a torch, towel and cleaning supplies.
No need to bring a sleeping bag. There are bed sheets at the hostel.
TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS
From Madrid city to Rascafría: By public bus at the Plaza de Castilla transport exchanger. (Metro Plaza Castilla, lines 1, 9 and 10).
Company: Continental Auto. Take bus line 194 Madrid-Rascafría.
Bus schedule: Monday to Friday at 10:00 h, 14:00 h and 18.00 h; Saturday at 8.00 h and 18.00 h. Sunday at 8:00 h and 15:00 h.
If you miss bus line 194, you may take bus line 191 to Lozoyuela, and then take bus line 194 A from Lozoyuela to Rascafría.
MEETING POINT:
1-July from 6:00 pm at Los Batanes hostel