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BRIDGWATER &
DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Writers &
Writing in Mediaeval Bridgwater A talk by Dr. Andrew Butcher
Joint meeting with the SANHS Local History Group
Thursday, March 18th at 7.30 p.m. in the Blake Museum
Bridgwater has
one of the best sets of town records in the Country.
Non-members are welcome to attend.
For further details
please telephone Aubrey Knowles on Visit our website at http://sites.google.com/site/bridgwaterarchsoc/ |
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THE SOMERSET ARCHAEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM 2010 to be held
at At 10am (coffee), Saturday 17th April 2010 10.30am: panels of speakers with presentations on recent archaeological work in Somerset. Phil Nib: Fieldwork
in and around Bawdrip parish. 2.15pm: Keynote
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DILLINGTON HOUSE DAY SCHOOL ‘WARTIME DEFENCES IN BLUE ANCHOR BAY’ Saturday 20 March 2010 A tour of key sites on the beaches and the defended areas - both inland and on the coast - with tutor David Hunt, by minibus. See the remains of pillboxes, gun positions, and other defences, with full briefings given at each site, and opportunities to walk through some attractive areas and along parts of the coast with splendid views. |
Archaeological Field School in Italy THE ETRUSCANS IN MARSILIANA June 2010 Organised by
the Association Etruria Nova, http://archaeology.about.com/b/2009/06/23/field-work-in-focus-marsiliana-dalbegna-project.htm or contact the SANHS office |
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The Royal Archaeological Institute in association
with Conference: Wales and the West during the Bronze Age: Character, Comparison and Contacts National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff 24-25 April 2010 £47 for 2 days, £31 for 1 day, plus lunches Contact: Caroline Raison at the Royal Archaeological
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Progress at Taunton Castle and SHC Steady progress towards the new Museum of Somerset at Taunton Castle, the new Somerset Heritage Centre at Landgley Mead, plans for Castle House. Read how all this is affecting the Society.
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Viridor pledges
£330,000 towards the refurbishment of Castle House -
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SOMERSET ARCHAEOLOGICAL
& NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
LOCAL HISTORY COMMITTEE
BARRINGTON COURT:
THE INVENTION & REINVENTION
OF THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE
SATURDAY 24 APRIL 2010 9.30am - 5pm
A day conference at Barrington Court in partnership with the National Trust
Barrington Court has a very special relationship to the National Trust. Acquired in 1907, it was its first English Country House. This makes it peculiarly suitable for an exploration of the role of that phenomenon in English heritage. Taking place within the Library of Barrington Court itself, this conference offers the opportunity to explore the standing building and to be guided through the development of the house by three distinguished historical experts, examining in turn the origins of the house in the sixteenth century, the transformations carried out by the Strode family in the seventeenth century, and after neglect and decline, the restoration and transformation of house and gardens in the twentieth century. All of which must make us ask what exactly is the house that we see today, what will it mean to the future, and how do we attempt to understand it?
Programme
9.30 Arrivals
10.00 Nicholas Cooper, The Sixteenth Century House
11.00 Tours of the House
11.30 Coffee
11.45 Dr Robert Dunning, The House the Strodes Built
12.45 Lunch
14.00 Julian Orbach, The Transformation of Barrington in the 20th Century
15.00 Tea
15.15 Round Table Discussion with the National Trust
Speakers
Nicholas Cooper was formerly an officer of the Royal Commission on the Historical
Monuments of England. He has published widely and with special expertise on
the architectural and cultural history of the English house, notably Houses
of the Gentry, 1480-1680 (English Heritage, Yale UP, 1999).
Dr Robert Dunning was formerly Editor of the Victoria County History of Somerset
and is well known as a distinguished historian of the county. He is the author
of one of the most influential essays on Barrington Court.
Julian Orbach, author of the Blue Guide to Victorian Architecture in Britain,
is currently revising the South and West Somerset Volume of Pevsner's Buildings
of England.
The cost of the day conference
is £20 to include Coffee, Buffet Lunch and Tea
Numbers attending the conference are limited to 70
Book with SANHS Office 01823 272429
Cheques payable to SANHS
(Barrington Court NGR 193:ST396182)
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SOMERSET ARCHAEOLOGICAL
& NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
ARCHAEOLOGY COMMITTEE
You are cordially invited to
THE SOMERSET ARCHAEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM 2010
to be held at
The Conference Centre,
Somerset College, Wellington Road, Taunton,
(turn left and go round to the rear)
At 10am (coffee) for 10.30am, Saturday 17th April 2010
10.30am: panels of speakers with presentations on recent archaeological work in Somerset.
Phil Nib: Fieldwork
in and around Bawdrip parish.
John Valentin: Fieldwork at Cades Farm, Wellington.
Richard McConnell: Excavations and fieldwork at Cambria Farm in advance
of the Taunton south park & ride scheme.
Chris Webster: Recent archaeological work at Taunton Castle
2.15pm: Keynote address by Clare Randell of Bournemouth University
CADBURY CASTLE: LANDSCAPE
& LIVESTOCK
- RECENT RESEARCH ON THE HILLFORT AND ITS ENVIRONS
Admission for the day: £10.00.
Tickets on the door.
Parking free, please make your own arrangements for lunch.
SANHS publications will be available for purchase. Sales of archaeological
publications by local groups are welcome.
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‘WARTIME DEFENCES IN BLUE ANCHOR BAY’
Saturday 20 March 2010
In the Second World War, Blue Anchor Bay was surprisingly heavily defended against airborne, seaborne, and ground attacks. Construction of defences started in the summer of 1940 and continued throughout 1941. The threats to the beaches and harbours were closely linked with threats from Exmoor and the Brendon Hills. Recent research has uncovered some surprising new aspects of the defences of this area and its importance within the overall Somerset defence plans. English Heritage has already listed two of the unique pillboxes as Grade 2 Listed Buildings.
Our minibus trip visits the key sites where the tutor, David Hunt, will explain the perceived threats and the extensive measures taken to counter them. We will visit the beaches and the defended areas - both inland and on the coast - and see the remains of pillboxes, gun positions, and other defences. Full briefings will be given at each site and, weather permitting, there should be opportunities to walk through some attractive areas and along parts of the coast with splendid views.
Other sites of wartime significance will be passed on the journey from Dillington and within the West Somerset area and these will be explained. The use of a minibus enables us to get to some sites ‘off the beaten track’, minimises ‘doubling back’ over the same ground and provides shelter in the event of bad weather. Our aim is to offer an interesting, informative and enjoyable day out.
David is a retired senior Army officer, with a weapons technical background and a lifetime interest in World War 2, particularly in the South West. Since his retirement, he has been actively researching the war in Somerset in the National Archives, County Record Office and National Monuments Records; together with fieldwork on the ground. He has been exploring the area since his childhood in Taunton and first became interested in defences during a wartime holiday at Blue Anchor.
Fees including transport and packed meals £58
For further details and booking information please contact the booking office: Dillington House, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 9DT Tel. (01460) 258613 or 258648
E-Mail dillington@somerset.gov.uk Website: www.dillington.com