BIRMINGHAM AND WARWICKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Lecture Programme for 2018/19 PRINT A PDF October 2nd 2018 at 7pm Speaker: Richard Bradley Barrows and Burnt Mounds: Investigations at Meriden Quarry, 2013-2015 November 6th 2018 at 7pm Speaker: Nigel Page WOW! what
Excavations adjacent to The Lunt Roman Fort, Baginton
Recent Work by Archaeology Warwickshire by Bryn Gethin A very large area was excavated to the east of the Lunt Roman fort in advance of the construction of a new Jaguar Land Rover facility. The site had previously been evaluated
Mansell Farm, Newbold-on-Stour
Recent Work by Archaeology Warwickshire by Bryn Gethin Soil stripping on this site, in advance of new house building and following on from an Archaeological evaluation in 2015, exposed a ring ditch. This had previously been noted on a geophysical
Kenilworth Abbey and Old Barn Museum
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
A Broad View: investigations on the Broadway flood alleviation scheme
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
A History of Birmingham Museums
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,
Lecture dates – 2017-18
Dates for your diaries. Evening lectures series - 7pm to 8pm - in the Birmingham Midland Institute, Margaret Street unless otherwise stated. Tuesday 3rd October 2017; Tuesday 5th December 2017; Tuesday 6th February 2018; Tuesday 6th March 2018 and Tuesday
A Neolithic Henge Monument and recent other finds from Warwickshire
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
Birmingham Artists, Antiquaries & Architects; discovering and recording the past in the late 19th century.
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
The Leekfrith Torcs: A talk on the Torcs!
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