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The late-Roman fort at South Shields and its early-medieval afterlife: the results of a 40-year project
Nick Hodgson
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityBetween 1983 and 2007 an eighth of the interior of South Shields Roman Fort (Arbeia), was excavated, revealing a complete sequence of prehistoric, Roman, and post-Roman activity.
Tours of Redhills Durham
Redhills, Flass Street, Durham DH1 4BEA visit to Redhills, the historic headquarters of the Durham Miners Association, jointly with the Northen Architectural History Society. There will be a choice of two guided tours, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Refreshments will be available after the tours.
Excavations at Marshall Meadows, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Matt Hobson
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityRecent excavations at Marshall Meadows, Berwick-upon-Tweed, have changed our understanding of settlement in the region during the Late Iron Age and Romano-British periods.
The General Strike in the North East, 1926
Joe Redmayne
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Ways of seeing Northumberland National Park: the development of a twentieth century National Park identity
Nick Pepper
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityThe front cover of a pamphlet called 'Holiday Guide for Wooler: Northumberland's National Park and Antiquarian's Paradise' carried an image of cup and ring marks on the cover and the price was given as 4d. The date of publication will be revealed in the lecture!
“The whole is a fine sight…” – Edlingham Castle and the Feltons, 1295 - 1396, late reflections from the excavations of 1978-82
Graham Fairclough
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Visible invisibles: women in Roman archaeology
Tatiana Ivleva & Rebecca Jones
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityTatiana and Rebecca will be presenting recent research about the key role played by women scholars in understanding Roman archaeology in Britain and abroad, which has often gone unrecognised in the past
The Melsonby hoards - chariots and power in the North Yorkshire Iron Age
Tom Moore
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle University