Roman Studies Group

Excavation at Cock Farm Abinger 2024

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Our Summer excavation 2024 will take place at Cocks Farm Abinger. Following excavations on the scheduled Roman villa site our focus has moved to the field adjacent to the villa. Magnetometry indicated a series of field boundaries, ditches, pits and other anomalies (see https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/excavations-at-cocks-farm-roman-villa-abinger-2009-present-interim-reports).

'Reinvestigating Richborough: A New Story for an Old Site' - a Zoom talk by Dr Philip Smither (FLO for Berkshire)

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Dr Philip Smither, Finds Liaison Officer for Berkshire, has offered to talk to us on the subject of his PhD thesis at the University of Kent, the Roman site at Richborough. Hear about Philip's research - ‘Army Communities at Roman Richborough: An Analysis of the Roman Military Assemblage.' and how this has altered perception about this important Roman site. 

This  talk will  take place on Zoom and is open only to RSG members. If you would like to join RSG you can join for £5 (see RSG page) if you are already a member of SyAS.

Zoom talk on Cocks Farm Abinger - excavations in 2023 - Emma Corke

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Emma Corke, Site Director of Cocks Farm Abinger, will be updating us on findings from the 2023 season on the hill adjacent to the Cock Farm Roman villa. This is part of an ongoing series of excavations related to features identified in magnetometry surveys, done as part of a villa estate research project.

This  talk will  take place on Zoom and is open only to RSG members. If you would like to join RSG you can join for £5 (see RSG page) if you are already a member of SyAS.

Roman road research in Surrey - David Calow

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Following on from a successful Surrey Roman Rural Settlement Project a Roman Road Group has formed. David Calow will lead the feed-back on geophysics and excavations which have confirmed part of a previously postulated road in SW Surrey.

This  talk will take place on Zoom. Whilst attendance is restricted to RSG members, if you are already a SyAS member you are welcome to join the group at a cost of £5 (see RSG page). 

RSG Zoom talk - Professor Tony King on Meonstoke - temple or villa?

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Our November speaker is Professor Tony King who will give a talk on ‘Meonstoke – temple or villa?’  Evidence for a Roman building on the edge of Meonstoke, in the Meon Valley near Winchester, has been known since the 1930s. Excavations since the 1980s have uncovered an aisled building with a collapsed facade and more recently an unusual hexagonal building. Research continues into its function. 

RSG AGM and Zoom talk on Flexford and Godstone - two coin-rich Roman rural settlement sites in SE England

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The Roman Studies Group AGM will be held by Zoom and followed by a talk from David Calow, RSG Treasurer and the Society's Hon. Secretary. David will talk about two sites in which he has been closely involved:

                              Flexford and Godstone - two coin-rich Roman rural settlement sites in SE England

Whilst attendance is restricted to RSG members, if you are already a SyAS member you are welcome to join the group at a cost of £5 (see RSG page). 

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