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
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
Medieval Town Planning: exploring the topography, origins and development of medieval towns
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
Castle Bromwich Castle
7pm Tuesday 3rd October 2017 Speaker – Mike Hodder Archaeological excavations at the motte and bailey which gives Castle Bromwich its name took place in 1969-70 before a collector road for the M6 Motorway was built through the bailey. The