GLOUCESTER AND DISTRICT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH GROUP
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~ WINTER MEETINGS ~
2008-2009
Dates Events Venue
Sept. 08 Roger White: Britannia Prima and the end of Roman Britain Cheltenham
Sept. 22 Stuart Prior: Excavations at Berkeley Castle Gloucester
Oct. 13 Clare Randall: Farming in the South West in the Aron-Age Cheltenham
Oct. 27 Toby Catchpole: Dymock Gloucester
Nov. 17 Richard Sermon: The Jew of Tewkesbury Cheltenham
Dec. 01 Timophy Darvill: Wiggold - an Ancient Landscape Gloucester
Jan. 05 Member's evening Cheltenham
Feb. 02 Joshua Pollard: Durrington Walls & Stonehenge Gloucester
Feb. 23 Dr Jodie Lewis: New discoveries at Bredon Henge, Worcestershire Cheltenham
March 30 AGM / Russell Howes: Three Medieval Parliaments at Gloucester Gloucester

All meetings commence at 7.30 p.m. and are, unless otherwise specified, held at GLOUCESTER: Gloucestershire Record Office, Alvin Street, Kingsholm, or CHELTENHAM: St. Andrews United Reformed Church, Garden Room, Montpellier Street.

~ A FLAVOUR OF OUR SUMMER MEETINGS OF 2008 ~
Dates Events Venue
Wednesday June 11 Berkeley Castle excavations - guided by Mark Horton, University of Bristol, Team Team, Coast etc., co-director of the excavations at Berkeley Castle will guide us around this year's dig. Please come prepared for uneven ground and all weathers. St Mary's Church, Berkeley, 7pm.
Saturday June 21 Museum in the Park, Stratfield Park, Stroud. David Mullin, Collections & Documentation Manager will guide us around Stroud District Council's beautiful museum about life in the Stroud Valleys and surrounding district. Leisure Centre car park, 2.30pm
Wednesday July 9 The second season of excavations at Wiggold, Tim Darvill will guide us around the Neolithic and Bronze Age enclosure. Organic Farm Shop car park off Burford Road, Cirencester at 7pm.
Saturday July 12 Day tour to Basing House, Calleva Atrebatum and St Mary's Silchester: Alan Turton will guide us around the extensive ruins of Basing House. There is also an impressive Tudor barn, partically restored gardens and 2008 excavations. Calleva Atrebatum: this is a guided visit to the Iron Age and Roman settlement. We will also visit Silchester's amphitheatre and the 12th Century church of St. Mary's. This is a full day coach trip so bookings have to be received by Marta Cock by June 16th. Cost ?22.

It is advisable to contact the Meetings Secretary for the latest information:-

Meetings Secretary, Marta Cock,
8 Churchfield Road, Stroud,
Glos. GL5 1EQ. UK.
Telephone: 01453 767822
marta.rc@btinternet.com