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| 20110601 |
Rebellion, Riot and Revel: The West Country in the Seventeenth Century |
The main theme of the conference will be the social and cultural history of the West Country in the 17th century. |
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| 20110701 |
Castle House |
Our working group, led by the Somerset Building Preservation Trust, has pulled together most of the work needed to obtain funding for the building to begin its new life. |
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| 20110704 |
Museum of Somerset opening date revealed |
One of the largest collections of Roman coins ever found, a shrunken head from South America and Judge Jeffreys’ medical bill are a few of the many new exhibits which will be on display at the new Museum of Somerset, opening on Thursday 29 September. |
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| 20110711 |
Festival of British Archaeology |
Seeing Bridgwater's Medieval Past and Castle |
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| 20110804 |
Technical Meeting on Accounts
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David Dawson and Anthony Porter look forward to answering your questions. The draft Financial Guide & 2010 Annual Accounts will be discussed. |
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| 20110807 |
Eggardon Hill Fort: Touch the past by handling real artefacts |
Well, what a turn-out for the Eggardon Hill walk yesterday. The weather report of just two days ago, which predicted storms, did not appear and we had a windy but bright day.
http://xcavate.blogspot.com/2011/08/eggardon-hill-mass-turn-out.html
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| 20110814 |
Archaeoligical Excavation on Ham Hill |
Cambridge Archaeological Unit and the University of Cardiff are undertaking
excavations at Ham Hill, (Stoke Sub Hamdon). The work is in advance of the
extension to the quarry and is located immediately to the east of the
existing quarry.
http://www.hamhillfort.info/HamHillFort/Welcome.html
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| 20110929 |
Public Opening of the Museum of Somerset |
After years of planning, and untold hours of work
by hundreds of people, we are very pleased to
announce that the new Museum of Somerset
at Taunton Castle will open at midday on 29
September 2011. |
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| 20111015 |
BBC History Festival, Taunton. |
The event will include re-enactment displays, talks about local history, films and heritage tours taking place. TV presenter and archaologist, Jules Hudson, said: "From medieval wool merchants to Second War War evacuees, Taunton and Somerset have an incredible tale to tell." .........
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| 20111201 |
Heritage Grants Awards Oct 2011 |
The Grants Committee met on 7 October 2011 and recommended the following grants: .... |
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| 20111214 |
The Grace Cup returns to Glastonbury |
The rare oak tankard is an heirloom of the Arundell Family of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire. Family tradition holds that it originally belonged to Glastonbury Abbey, but was given for safe-keeping to a Catholic ancestor at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539.
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| 20111214 |
Warwick Symposium on Parish Research |
The ‘Warwick Network for Parish Research’’ has been running an annual symposium highlighting new work on late medieval and early modern parishes since 2003. Last call for participation......... |
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| 20111220 |
1st Meeting of SANHS Reform Group |
Identify material available - we should all have seen:
- 2006 Constitution
- 2002 Rules
- Advisory Council paper 25 March 2011
- Draft minutes of 2 April Advisory Council meeting
- General Meeting paper 1 October
- Draft minutes of General Meeting 22 October |
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| 20120114 |
SANHS Archaeology Conference, Strode College, Street |
The Somerset Levels and Moors has some of the most exciting archaeology in the country. This one day conference celebrates the recent archaeological discoveries from the area. A wide range of speakers will present the results of investigations on the wetland landscape and on the ‘islands’ of hard geology in the floodplain. The changing coast, ‘disappeared’ rivers, mesolithic burials, Saxon forts and medieval Abbeys and much more will feature.
For conference programme and booking details, click icons.
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| 201203 |
Mendip Hills Historic Environment Open Day 2012 |
Press Release: Next year’s popular Annual Mendip Hills AONB Historic Environment day is to be held on Saturday 24 th March 2012 at Wells & Mendip Museum. Guest speakers include Professor Mick Aston from Channel Four’s Time Team, Bob Croft, County Archaeologist for Somerset County Council and Stuart Milby from Context One Archaeology.
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| 20120421 |
12th Exmoor Archaeology Forum: Exmoor’s Coastal
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This year the Archaeology Forum will focus on several aspects of Exmoor’s coastal landscape, looking at how it has evolved over the last 10,000 years and how its evolution and development has influenced, and been influenced by, people. |
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