2010
March 18th 2010 – Research Forum
2-4pm at St Barnabas Church Hall, Waterloo Road, Linslade
April 14th 2010 - Boarstall Tower - Gary Marshall followed by AGM
Gary will be presenting documentary evidence and talking about the excavations and geophysics carried out in July 2002 to assess surviving evidence for the former manor house and gardens at Boarstall Tower in Bucks which were demolished in the 1770s.
May 3rd 2010 - Leighton Buzzard May Fayre – LBDAHS stall in the High Street
May 12th 2010 - Marcham/Frilford Roman religious complex – Zena Kamash
Marcham/Frilford is a Roman rural religious complex near Abingdon in Oxfordshire that has been excavated by the University of Oxford since 2001. The complex comprises a temple set in a large sacred precinct, linked to an amphitheatre structure, as well as several other ancillary shrines. The site has Iron age origins; in recent years as well as looking at the temple structure, the excavation team has also been investigating the Iron Age village to the east of the religious complex.
Fieldwork to be advised – please contact Bernard Jones 01525 376550
Sept 8th 2010 – Videos and photographs
Oct 13th 2010 – Battletanks and Burial grounds – The Archaeology of the Defence Estate
The MOD estate covers 1% of the UK and has many archaeological sites within its bounds, from Bronze Age barrows to Cold War test beds. Archaeologist Martin Brown will describe some of these treasures as well as his work conserving the historic environment of the estate and supporting the training and operations of our armed forces.
Nov 10th 2010 –‘If you go down to the woods today’ Chiltern Woodland Project – John Morris
Dec 8th 2010 – Round up of the year
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