The Roman Studies Group has arranged a Roman Glass Study Day to be led by John Shepherd. This will be held at East Horsley Village Hall on Saturday August 9 2025 from 10.15 to 3.15. The cost is £20 to include tea, coffee and a sandwich lunch. Free parking is available on site.

This is a hands-on training session limited to 24 people. Roman Studies Group members have priority until 27 June after which available places will be offered to other members of Surrey Archaeological Society and Sussex School of Archaeology.

Andy Russel, Archaeology Manager from Southampton City Council will be talking to us about  Bitterne in Southampton (the site of Clausentum, a Roman settlement on the east side of the Itchen River). The talk will take place by Zoom and the link will be sent to RSG members a week in advance.

The link will open at 7.15pm and the talk will start at 7.30pm.

If you would like to join the Zoom talk and you are a member of SYaS, you can join RSG for free via the membership tab.

A RSG Zoom talk will take place on Tuesday 3rd March 2026. Emma Corke, Director of the Cocks Farm Abinger excavations will update  us as to the results of the 2025 season of work. Links to the previous interim reports can be found at https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/excavations-at-cocks-farm-roman-villa-abinger-2009-present-interim-reports

A RSG Zoom talk will take place on Tuesday 3rd February. James Bromwich, a renowned author of several Roman gude books including The Roman Remains of Southern France,  The Roman Remains of Brittany, Normandy and the Loire Valley: A Guide Book, and The Roman Remains of Northern and Eastern France: A Guidebook, will be talking to us on 'Commemorating the Dead: mausolea, towers and caskets. Contrast and curiosities ammong those able to afford burial memorials.

A RSG talk will take place by Zoom on Tuesday 6th January. Once the speaker has been confirmed the event will be updated.

A RSG Zoom talk will take place on Tuesday 2nd December by Zoom. Once the speaker is confirmed the event will be updated.

The RSG AGM and talk will take place by Zoom on Tuesday 7th October at 7.30pm. Once the speaker has been confirmed the event will be updated.

This is your chance to come on a 3-mile escorted walk in beautiful Surrey

Shining a Light on Roman Roadside Settlements in South-East                                  England and Beyond

Following publication of 'The Rise and Decline of Druce Farm Roman Villa (AD60-650)' BAR British Series 676, 2022 Archaeology of Roman Britain Volume 8, Lilian Ladle has kindly agreed to talk to us about this multi-period site. Exacavations were carried out 2012-2018  by East Dorset Antiquarian Society under Lilian's direction.

This long-lived site reveals evidence for prehistoric activity, and Roman occupation from mid-1st century, with the earliest proto-villa found in Dorset. Phases of construction and demolition highlight a story of villa development and decline.