The excursion to Abbey fields, Kenilworth will start at 1pm on Saturday 5th May 2018 meeting at the Abbey Ruins located in Abbey Fields about 150 meters from Bridge Street. The guided Tour will be given by Jan Cooper, Chair of
6th March 2018 Speaker: Richard Bradley Lecture commences 7pm Excavation and watching-brief work by Worcestershire Archaeology uncovered a large multi-period site with at least 8000 years of activity. This included scatters of
10th April 2018 Speaker: Dr Ellen McAdam Lecture starts at 7pm Birmingham cautiously considered the need for a civic museum for several decades. The first objects in the collection pre-date even Aston Hall, acquired by the city in 1864. However,
Tuesday 7th November 2017 Speaker: Nigel Page Find out more about recent finds from archaeological sites in Warwickshire. At long last, Warwickshire can now boast a Neolithic henge ‘culture’ to complement if not rival other regions. Five have been fully
Tuesday 5th December 2017 Speaker: Stephen Price AGM 6.45 – 7pm, Lecture commences 7pm Concentrating on a handful of leading lights in the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society – A.E. Everitt, Oliver & Harold Baker and Jethro Cossins who were all
Tuesday 9th January 2018 Annual Lunchtime Lecture 1pm – 2pm Speaker: Teresa Gilmore The talk will cover the recent spectacular find from the Staffordshire Moorlands, that of the Leekfrith Torcs, the earliest Iron Age gold found so far and the early
Tuesday 6th February 2018 7.00 pm Speaker: Mike Shaw This talk will be looking at how the application of 21st century technology can shed new light on the study of medieval town planning across the midlands. Mike Shaw is currently
The site museum, manned by volunteers from the Friends of Letocetum, is open until 29 October on the last Saturday and Sunday of each month. Admission free. http://www.wallromansitefriendsofletocetum.co.uk/
A free heritage trail leaflet is now available from Sandwell Park Farm. The trail includes Sandwell Priory and several other sites around it. New on-site interpretation panels explain the eighteenth-century Sandwell Hall and its surrounding park. Objects found in excavations
