7pm Tuesday 2nd October 2018 Speaker: Richard Bradley Excavation and watching-brief work by Worcestershire Archaeology over a number of years of quarry extraction has identified multiple phases of activity, mainly of prehistoric date. This has included well-preserved palaeoenvironmental deposits, Mesolithic
WOW! What a site! An update on the excavation of Roman and Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Baginton
7pm Tuesday 6th November 2018 Speaker: Nigel Page An archaeological excavation was carried out on land at Whitley South, Baginton, Warwickshire in 2017, on high ground overlooking the River Sowe and Coventry to the North. The excavation revealed a series
The Ice Age and Palaeolithic West Midlands a.k.a The Original West Midlands Safari Park
AGM Night Tuesday 4th December 2018 6.45pm Speaker: Nick Daffern The West Midlands is often overlooked in favour of the east and south-east of England but this talk aims to show that the West Midlands has an incredibly important part
Digging HS2
ANNUAL LUNCHTIME LECTURE Tuesday 8th January 2019 at 1pm Speaker Robert Early The north section of HS2 spans 87 km, and forks into Birmingham. The whole project is the largest historic environment project undertaken in the UK and as such
“The Lunar Society’s Welcome to a Scottish Inventor”
Tuesday 5th February 2019 at 7pm Speaker: Dr. Jim Andrew In 2019 we shall be commemorating the life of James Watt who died in Birmingham 200 years ago on 25th August 1819. Watt was born in 1736 and grew up
When is a Hillfort not a Hillfort? Marsh-forts in North Shropshire
Tuesday 5th March 2019 7pm Speaker: Shelagh Norton When is a hillfort not a hillfort? These iconic Iron Age monuments are characterised by their monumentality and prominent visibility. However, a small number of contemporary fortifications share elements of size and
2018-19 Lecture Series
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
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