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Our forthcoming lecture series will take place at the following venues. Evening lectures in Birmingham (October & December 2019, February, March & April 2020) Will now take place at The Priory Rooms,Quaker Meeting House, 40 Bull Street, Birmingham, B4 6AF  

Lecture Programme for 2019/20 NOTE NEW VENUES FOR LECTURES Evening lectures are now being held at The Priory Rooms, Quaker Meeting House, 40 Bull Street, Birmingham, B4 6AF. Except for that on November 5th which will be held at St

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

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

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

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

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

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

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