Loftus Saxon Treasures

This is very interesting the link below will take you too the full discussion.

click here.

Westminster Hall debates

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

A site to visit.

This is very interesting, really bringing a excavation alive, Wessex Archeology Roman burial.click here.

For those of you who have heard the recent news of the discovery of a Roman
stone coffin at Boscombe Down, near Amesbury in Wiltshire, we have just
released a video of part of its excavation.

Internet T.V.

Check this out, well worth a view.www.archaeologychannel.org

Interesting museum in Brighton. http://www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk

Parham.

Parham link, click here.

Tutankhamun exhibition.

Sold out.

Tutankhamun Exhibition

The Boy King is Back

For more than 3,000 years Tutankhamun's treasures lay unseen beneath the Egyptian sands. When they toured the world in the 1970's they were the ultimate 'must see' event. Now Tutankhamun returns to London, in a spectacular new exhibition of 130 priceless treasures from the tombs of Tutankhamun and his royal ancestors.

There are only a few tickets now left for this exciting exhibition, date Saturday the 23^rd February 2008, tickets cost £28. This covers travel and entrance to the exhibition.

If you have reserved tickets please pay now, if you want a ticket apply now direct to me as numbers left are limited. Please ring me or email first to avoid disappointment.

Start time is 9.30 am from Worthing, arrive central London Midday approximately for lunch, not provided. Arrive at the 02 arena at 2pm for timed entrance to the exhibition, you will have 3 hours to tour the arena and take tea etc.

Leave at 5pm for return journal to Worthing, arriving back at 7pm.

Field unit .

Rodney

Fire London.

Museum in Docklands Study Day
The Great Fire of London: Myths and Realities

6 October 2007

10am – 5.30pm

How true are the established ‘facts’ about the Great Fire of London? Did
only six people die in the fire? Did the fire really bring about a
revolution in London’s architecture? Did the fire stop the plague? Leading
experts will discuss these and other questions about London’s infamous
disaster. Can we tell myth from reality?


10.00 Registration

10.15 Introduction, Meriel Jeater, Museum of London

10.30 How many people died in the Great Fire?, Neil Hanson, author, and
Gustav Milne, University College London

11.30 Did the fire radically change London’s architecture?, Stephen
Porter, author, and Dr John Schofield, Museum of London

12.30 Lunch (not provided)

13.30 Why was it claimed that the fire was started by a Catholic
conspiracy?, Dr Colin Haydon, University of Winchester

14.30 Did the fire stop the plague?, Professor Justin Champion, Royal
Holloway, University of London

15.30 Coffee

16.00 How has London coped with fires since 1666?, Alex Werner, Museum of
London, and Phil Butler, Fire Borough Commander for Enfield

17.00 Final questions and close

Each session will include a panel discussion and time for questions. The
day will be chaired by Dr Vanessa Harding of Birkbeck, University of London.

Tickets: £20 (£15 concs). For further information and to book tickets call:
0870 444 3855, email: info@museumindocklands.org.uk

Parham Park excavation.

Photos now on line, go to excavations on line site.Click here.

Rome take a tour.

A new and very good site, take a tour around ancient Rome, a simulation that is very good,.
for a tour, follow directions and you wont be disappointed. Click here.

Resitivty/and survey photo hosting.

Brand new link, will go on side bar soon, meanwhile have a look,click here.

Silbury Hill Latest.

See this link for up to date ,
click here.

Saturday 28th April.

Demonstrations of prehistoric flint Knapping techniques was given by Will Lord,
Professional flint Knapper from Norfolk.

See photo blog for some pictures.http://was-photos.blogspot.com.

Saw pit Estate Yard

The saw pit in the estate yard at Slindon will be excavated later this year, see notes about the saw pit on, Journal page,click here X.

Photo store. Slindon./Saddlescoombe visit.

Photos taken on the estate over the years are being hosted on a new site, more will be added from time to time. Plus now added Saddlescoombe Farm visit, more to add later. Click on link.http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/archresearch

Photo Blog.

Link to new photo Blog. http://was-photos.blogspot.com

20th August.2006. Update.

The walk to Park Brow is now full .click this link.
.Next Saturday there is the start of the two week excavation of a Roman site at Binsted, location available to members only.
There have been some finds from the site recovered on brief field walks; finds include Samiam ware, Course ware, and floor and roof tiles, together with some interesting worked flints.
If you are coming along to this excavation for any period of time, then if you have not already done so, please let Keith Bolton know a.s.p.

The newsletter as you are aware has been delayed for technical reasons, but it is hoped that it will be completed and published very soon.
Meanwhile information about forth coming activities will be posted here.

Society Social will this year be held at the Old Bishops Palace in Tarring West Worthing, date 19th November 7.30pm, cost £7.50 per ticket to include a guest speaker and a ploughman’s supper, together with wine and soft drinks tea and coffee. A great chance to get together with members old and new, all new members who have as yet been along to an event, you will be made most welcome.
Tickets on sale NOW.

Park Brow Walk. Tuesday 29th August 2006

Park Brow. Click to link. Need Acrobat reader.
Site visit organised by Sompting Estate with Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders Click to link.
All welcome, free. Downs NE of Cissbury, settled up to the 4th century AD.
Guided by David McOmish of English Heritage.

(1Refresh awareness of the 'story' of this site
(2) If possible stimulate some original writing reviewing the Park Brow data in the context of more recent studies elsewhere.
(3) Generate ideas for future practical archaeological studies in the Sompting Estate downland, possibly by WAS?
(4) Identify archaeological priorities for future agricultural management of the area, to be considered alongside wildlife and farming ones.

Meet at 18.15 at TQ 166 088, on the east side of Bostal Road, between Beggars Bush CP and Steyning Bowl.
(Parking by kind permission of the Passmore family at Church Farm Coombes.)

We will set off at 18.30 and walk into the Park Brow area using the footpath
off Bostal Road (TQ 163 096) down to Lychpole Bottom

If any members would like to come along, then please let me know in advance.
Numbers are limited,first come basis.

Summer Solstice.

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with other members of the Field Unit on Bignor Hill.

Date 21st June Wednesday.

Time 8pm -10pm. Meet car park top of Bignor Hill, bring a drink and some food, short walk to the site.
We go even if wet!!.
If you would like to come, and not sure how to get there, then please contact Rodney or Keith by email or by phone.

Binsted Now cancelled, but only because the crop will not be off untill October, when we may undertake an excavation.

Summer excavation. Binsted

There will be a continuation of the excavation of the Binsted tile kiln click link.
start date is 26th August till the 10th of September.
If you want to take part over the period of the excavation, will you please let Keith Bolton know by the middle of August the dates’ you hope to attend?
Members site visit.
http://eon-archaeology.blogspot.com

North Stoke Church

North Stoke Church. St. Mary’s.

On Saturday the Society resitivity team undertook a resitivity survey around the outside of North Stoke church, the survey was on behalf of the University of Sussex CCE course on church archaeology recording.
A survey of the church is also being undertaken by the Society using our new total station surveying equipment. This will be carrying on over the next few days.

The results of the resitivity survey will be published in the next week or two, but early indications do not show any footprint of a much earlier church on this site.
An early buttress that had been removed at an early date did however show up, another interesting bit of information is that during research into the history of the church among very early documents ‘is that the original dedication of the church has been discovered, St.Marys.

I am sure more about the history of this church will be revealed over the next few weeks by the student’s on this course.
There are some pictures and a little about the history of this church on churches in Sussex web site. just click highlighted link.

The British Engineerium (Hove)

This most important museum and its collection has been saved , and will reopen, The new owner, Mr Holland, , bought the £2 million British Engineerium building and its unrivalled collection of steam engines and engineering artefacts, valued by Bonhams at about £1.2 million.
Mr Holland plans to spend £500,000 on revamping the musuem, which will then open up to the public as usual.