S15197 Queens Promenade Surbiton
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Dear Edna We have just had a walk along the street that is shown on the picture with kind regards to Ma & Dad Yours affec, Uncle Frank
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Biosphere to Lithosphere: new studies in vertebrate taphonomy, edited by Terry O’Connor, Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Council of Archaeozoology, Durham, August 2002, Oxbow Books, 2005 E7
Peter Guest, Senior Lecturer in Roman Archaeology at Cardiff University and Dig Director, will guide us around the Roman fortress of Caerleon in the morning (amphitheatre, Prysg Field Barracks, Fortress baths and the Roman Legionary museum) and Caerwent in the afternoon (forum-basilica, Pound Lane, Courtyard House, Temple and South Walls).
Charge: £10.00 per head
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Reading Roman Inscriptions - afternoon of 2 September 2017
*David Bird will lead a workshop on “Reading Roman Inscriptions” which will include a general introduction to Roman Inscriptions. This will be followed by a look at standard abbreviations, changes through time and examples of different types of inscription. There will be ample time for participants to try their hand at translation.
Charge: £7.50 per person
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This is an opportunity to hear Emma Corke talk about the Roman tile kiln found in Reigate in 2004. She will be joined by Peter Burgess who will explain how it was rebuilt. After these talks, there will be a chance to visit Reigate caves.
Charge: none. Please put a donation in the box.
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If you are interested please e-mail Irene Goring at irene@greenhayes.plus.com
To complement David Bird’s “ Reading Roman Inscriptions” workshop on 2 September, there will be a visit to the British Museum. Dirk Booms, Curator in the Department of Greece and Rome, will walk us round 2 galleries for about an hour to help us appreciate and translate the inscriptions there. He will explain the abbreviations and the different facts that can be interpreted from inscriptions in general.
Instructions and timings will be distributed closer to the time.
Charge: None. Please make a donation to the BM
Max. no. 15
This visit offers the opportunity to see two Sussex excavations in progress. In the morning David Rudling, Academic Director of the Sussex School of Archaeology, will take us around Plumpton Roman Villa, a winged corridor house, and tell us about the three years of excavations there. In the afternoon, either Rob Wallace or David Millum, Dig Directors, will guide us around Bridge Farm - a Romano British settlement - where excavations have been in progress since 2013. There will be a pub lunch between the two visits.