Statement from our President about Castle Arch

 
This note is intended to provide information to update members and visitors to our site about the situation as regards the Society and recent actions by Guildford Borough Council. It includes some references to correspondence in the on-line ‘Guildford Dragon’ and a recent press release from the Borough Council (attached as an appendix for information). The Dragon can be accessed on-line by those interested but the references should be self-explanatory.
 
The Borough Council’s press release concerning the future of Guildford Museum at last provides some welcome clarity about the Council’s intentions.

Talk by Dr. Sam Moorhead: ‘’Roman Coin Finds in Surrey and the South-East: the contribution of the Portable Antiquities Scheme’

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Dr. Sam Moorhead taught Classics and Archaeology for many years before joining the British Museum in 1997 as Staff Lecturer for Archaeology. He is finds Adviser for Iron Age and Roman coins and oversees the recording and researching of Iron Age and Roman coins on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. Amongst his publications is A History of Roman coinage in Britain: Illustrated by finds recorded with the Portable antiquities Scheme published 2013 which is available in the SyAS library.

Overview of the Church Meadow Project (Ewell) 2012-14

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The Church Meadow Project is an independent project which is supported by Surrey Archaeological Society. Three seasons of excavation took place between 2012 and 2014 in an area towards the north-east extent of the Roman settlement in Ewell. Many RSG members took part in the excavations and this is an opportunity to discuss what was found and hear how the excavation relates to others in the vicinity.

AGM and talk by Professor John Hines: The coming of the Saxons to Surrey - older and newer perspectives

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Professor John Hines should be well known to Surrey archaeologists for his paper SūÞre-gē – the foundations of Surrey’ in Aspects of archaeology and history in Surrey: towards a research framework for the county (2004), and for publication of the Tadworth cemetery.

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