Bourne Hall Museum has organised a programme of Summer Walks. There are some new walks along South Street and at the Racecourse. Some will cover the development of Epsom Spa and the area during WWI.
Walks cost £5 per person and limited to 25 participants. Booking essential and contact: David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum or via:dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk
A pdf with full details is attached.
Garum was a favourite condimentof the Romans. It was made made from the fermented blood and innards of selected fish and was produced across the empire to meet the wide demand. Luckily, ancient sources describe the different types of garum and how it was made. The written sources are complemented by evidence from Pompeii, and it appears to have been a very lucrative trade. Salt was also a significant contributor to the Roman economy, and was vital to the preservation of foodstuffs including meat, dairy and fish.
Martyn Allen is well known to many in the Roman Studies Group, having talked to us previously, and as a freelance osteoarchaeologist he has provided expert bone reports for some of our excavations. He is currently a Post-Excavation Project Manager working for Oxford Archaeology Ltd. His research focuses on the settlement and agricultural economy of late Iron Age and Roman Britain, with an emphasis on the zooarchaeological evidence.
Sadie Watson is an experienced archaeologist who has extensive experience excavating and supervising complex urban sites. She was responsible for leading the excavations at Bloomberg London 2010-14, and has agreed to talk to us on this work, including the writing tablets found, and to give us an update on the post-excavation work.
In March 2018, a trench was opened to investigate a pit and ditch formation found in 2017 to the east of the known site. However, due to the weather and soil conditions it was not possible to undertake much work safely for either the archaeology or the volunteers (who were remarkably determined in spite of the challenging conditions). We now hope to return to deal with unfinished business in the autumn.
Addlestone Historical Society News, number 134, March 2018
Antiquity, volume 92 number 361, February 2018
Archaeology International, number 20, 2017
Around & About Horsley, number 240, spring 2018
Ashtead Common Newsletter, March 2018
British Agricultural History Society Newsletter, March 2018
Programme
10.30am Registration: tea and coffee available
11.00am “From wool to cloth: the medieval textile industry in southern England, 1300-1600.” Dr John Hare, visiting research fellow at the University of Winchester
12.00am "Tithes on wool in east Surrey in 1535." Peter Balmer
12.30pm “Sheep & Wool – a practical guide.” David Graham
12.45pm Lunch break – tea and coffee available
A World Heritage Thematic Study on the Roman Frontiers.
Encircling the Mediterranean Sea, the Roman Frontier is the single largest monument surviving from the Roman World. Dr Marinus Rien Polak, Radboud University Nijmegmen will present case studies on this thematic study.
More details and tickets on: icomos-uk.org/events
