This was held on Saturday February 29th from 1000 – 1700 at the Peace Memorial Hall, Ashtead KT21 2BE

10.10 Pam Taylor: SIHG History of the Conservation Award
10.40 Dr S Maslin (Surrey FLO) The PAS in Surrey 2019
11.10 Tea
11.40 Michael Russell: HE Weston Wood, Albury: further thoughts on the Neolithic and LBA
pottery
12.10 Dr Helen Chittock: AOC Prehistory in Context: Excavations at Chertsey and Nutfield by AOC
Archaeology Group
12.50 Lunch
14.10 Dr A Sassin: SyAS Sustainable Impact project update including fieldwork at Old Park, Farnham
14.25 Nigel Bond, Richard Savage
& Nikki Cowlard: SyAS Test pitting results

14:45 Dr C Ferguson: SyAS Palaeography in Abinger: What does it say? What does it mean?
15.15 Tea
15.45 Rob Poulton: SCAU A new Norman castle at Alfold
16.15 Rebecca Haslam: PCA Ewell pits and quarries
16.45 Q&A

Booking form is available at https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/annual-symposium-book-online-now – tickets £15.00 per head

Training course and call for volunteers

Stephen Croad Essay Prize

The Ancient Monuments Society is delighted to announce the launch of its annual essay prize in memory of Stephen James Croad.

Stephen died in 2017 at the age of 71, after a distinguished career as a researcher and archivist. Stephen was a strong supporter of the AMS, having served as Deputy Editor and Book Reviews Editor of the Society’s Transactions – its peer-reviewed journal – for many years.  In his various professional and voluntary roles, most notably as Head of the Architectural Record of the National Monuments Record, Stephen made a profound impact on the study of architectural history in this country. 

AMS Trustees have agreed to the establishment of an annual Essay Prize named in Stephen’s honour, with a financial award of £500. The intention of the Essay Prize will be not only to keep alive Stephen’s memory and to celebrate his contribution but also to encourage architectural research and writing. Contributions are now invited: in the spirit of Stephen’s own research and practice, these should be on factually verifiable, documented new discoveries on the historic buildings of England and Wales, whether part of the established canon or hitherto less examined.

For further details of the Prize see here.

The deadline for submission is 30th June 2019.

Heritage and Resources in Southeast England

Saturday 24 November 2018

Kings Church Centre, Brooks Road, Lewes

8.30-9.40 Registration and Welcome

9.40-10.20 Ken Brooks (Hastings and District Geological Society) ‘The Hastings Coast: where the High Weald meets the Sea’
10.20-11.00 Stewart Ullyott (Brighton and Hove Geological Society) ‘Sarsens: Troublesome Stones of Dubious Origin’
11.00-11.30 Coffee and Biscuits
11.30-12.10 David Rudling (Sussex School of Archaeology) ‘The Roman Heritage in Southeast England: Real or Overrated?’
12.10-12.50 Simon Elliott (University of Kent at Canterbury) ‘The Roman Military and the Saxon Shore Forts’
12.50-2.00 Buffet Lunch
1.10-1.40 Performance of South Coast Songs and Shanties
2.00-2.40 John Blackwell (Sussex Industrial Archaeological Society) ‘The Industrial Archaeology of Sussex’
2.40-3.20 Chris Hare (History People U.K.) ‘Smuggling in the South-East,1740-1840: Myth or Reality?’
3.20-3.50 Tea and Biscuits
3.50-4.30 Geoff Turner ‘The Kent Coalfield: Discovery, Development and Closure’
4.30-5.10 David Shilston (Atkins) ‘Offshore Wind Farms as Renewable Energy’

Conference Fee for the day is still only £25, including coffee/tea/biscuits, buffet lunch and Conference publication

Please make your cheque payable to Anthony Brook:
Anthony Brook, 15, Cambourne Court, Shelley Road, Worthing, BN11 4BQ                               email anthony.brook27@btinternet.com

Conference Fee for Full-time Students is only £20!

2018_CBA Wessex Conference flyer

CBA Wessex group has kindly offered south-east members tickets for the Wessex autumn conference, at University of Southampton, Saturday 3rd November (with keynote speaker Professor Alice Roberts), at their membership discount rate (worth £10 on the full price of £55).

We shall be reciprocating.

CBA Wales 2018 Conference flyer

CBA Wales’s first annual archaeological conference is on the 31 August – 2 September 2018 at Lampeter, Ceredigion.

The newest and best of archaeology in Wales.

The programme will showcase current innovative projects and fieldwork and provide opportunities for hands on workshops, CPD, networking, and guided visits to some of the most iconic and interesting sites in Wales. Hear and experience Wales’s archaeology from the Prehistoric to the Industrial, from coastal to gardens, and from poetry to place names, as well as an exciting programme of social events.

Leading British archaeologists will be on hand: running sessions; giving presentations; and leading visits. Professor Mike Parker-Pearson will be exploring the latest evidence regarding the origin of the Stonehenge Bluestones – visit the potential quarry site and decide for yourself! Professor Carenza Lewis will provide her reflections on archaeology in Wales as the key note address at Saturday’s formal dinner and Professor David Austin will be exploring the myths, landscape and future of Strata Florida Abbey.

Full programme available to download here.

TICKETS

Full conference tickets (150 total available)

50 tickets             CBA and CBA Wales members. Full 3 day conference with all food (Tea and coffee throughout the weekend; Friday evening meal; Sat Breakfast, lunch and formal dinner; Sunday breakfast and packed lunch), social events, excursions and accommodation (B&B in en-suite single room on campus for Friday and Saturday nights). Including a year’s free membership of CPRW (Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales) and WHGT (Welsh Historic Gardens Trust) £250

50 tickets             Non-members. Full 3 day conference with all food (Tea and coffee throughout the weekend; Friday evening meal; Sat Breakfast, lunch and formal dinner; Sunday breakfast and packed lunch), social events, excursions and accommodation (B&B in en-suite single room on campus for Friday and Saturday nights). Including a year’s free membership of CPRW (Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales) and WHGT (Welsh Historic Gardens Trust) £280

25 tickets             CBA and CBA Wales members. Tickets for 3 day conference only, including lunch options but no accommodation or social events. £180

25 tickets             Non-members. Tickets for 3 day conference only, including lunch options but no accommodation or social events. £210

Saturday only tickets (100 total available)

30 tickets             CBA and CBA Wales members. Saturday only including refreshments and formal dinner £100

30 tickets             Non-members. Saturday only including refreshments and formal dinner £120

20 tickets             CBA and CBA Wales members. Saturday only including lunch, Tea & Coffee etc but NOT formal dinner £90

20 tickets             Non-members. Saturday only including lunch, Tea & Coffee etc but NOT formal dinner £110

Sunday, July 22nd 2018 (10:30 – 16:00)

Tour guides: Steven Cleverly (CBA South-East) and Alan Green (local historian)

This tour takes in the background and final stages of the excavation of a Roman bathhouse in Priory Park, Chichester.   The tour resumes after lunch with a look at the building of Georgian Chichester.

Tour free to all CBA South-East members, or £3 for non-members

The archaeological work involved with the development and construction of the wind farm has uncovered a number of finds that will enable a greater knowledge and understanding of the local past.

Marine surveys uncovered an aircraft propeller, anchors and maritime and aviation wrecks and revealed submerged paleolandscapes. Land-based work found evidence of human activity from hunter-gatherers after the last Ice Age through to post medieval-modern agricultural techniques.

There will be speakers from Rampion, RSK, Wessex Archaeology and Archaeology South-East – and the event will be free to all.

After the presentations there will be refreshments and a chance to see some of the finds and talk to project archaeologists.

Nr. Barcombe Mills, East Sussex

Training Excavation:  Monday June 11th to Friday June 22nd

All aspects of Field Archaeology based on a defended Romano-British settlement site including Excavation, Geophysics, Written and Drawn Recording, Site Surveying, Photography, Finds Processing, Standing Building Recording and Environmental Sampling

We are offering a 2 week (Monday to Friday) undergraduate level training course for £500.

Fee includes free camping site and use of fully equipped kitchen, hot showers and flushing toilets.

The course is designed for those who have very little/no experience of practical fieldwork.

For those wanting to stay on site extra weeks are at volunteers rates i.e. £50 for camping and dig fees.

Diggers will need a current tetanus vaccination, 4” WHS trowel, sturdy footwear, hat, gloves, waterproofs, water bottle. Food is not supplied:  it is self catering.

Places are limited as we already have 16 undergraduates coming on a group contract.

Full details including application forms are available on our website www.culverproject.co.uk or email excavations@culverproject.co.uk