Planned Events

Lecture Programme 2008-2009

17 October 2008
Buckinghamshire Churches
Julian Hunt

21 November 2008
The aristocracy and the Church in later medieval England, with reference to Buckinghamshire.
Elizabeth Gemmill, Lecturer in Local History, Oxford Continuing Education

16 January 2009
Excavations on Crete
Keith Brannigan

20 February 2009
Excavations at Turner's Hill.
Simon West, District Archaeologist, St. Albans District Council

20 March 2009
Open Evening.
Presentations and displays of 2008-09 activities by the Archaeology Field and Records Groups.

24 April 2009
AGM followed by a short talk by our new President, Stewart Bryant, Hertfordshire County Archaeologist.

Meetings are usually held on the third Friday of the month in The White Hill Centre, White Hill, Chesham. They begin at 8.00 pm.

Members pay £1 and visitors £2.

The Open Evening is held in St. Mary's Church Rooms, Church Street, Chesham.

Archaeology Field Group Programme 2008

August/September 2008: Excavations and surveying at a Roman Villa site on the River Chess. Dates subject to farmer's need to harvest hay.

October 2008: Excavations at a possible Bonze Age site on the River Chess.

Dates not yet decided: Surveying and excavation on Roman Road 163 following on from our work earlier in 2008.

Ongoing throughout the year: Post-excavation analysis of artefacts. In particular, this includes the major task of post-excavation analysis of the finds (pottery, metal-work, glass, bones, etc) from our Chesham Bois House dig in preparation for to writing the final report.

Many of these finds came from last year's excavation of a medieval ditch running under a 17th C wall. Copious quantities of animal bone and pot were recovered from the ditch fill. We still need volunteers to help with this analysis work.

If you are interested in field work or just joining an archaeology field walk in the future, please get in touch using the form on our Contact page.