What’s On
KAS EVENTS
KAS Summer Social Meeting
Boughton Monchelsea Place, near Maidstone
Thursday 15 June
Members are invited to join in a tour of this 16th century stone-built manor house, which overlooks its own deer park and fifteen miles of unspoilt countryside. Walled gardens and a lake add to its beautiful setting. Picnic lunches may be eaten in the gardens. Small groups will alternate between a tour of the house and the church, after which cream tea will be served. Full details of this will be sent with tickets. Cost is £10 and a booking form is included in this issue.
KAS Churches Committee Visits
Monday 19 June
St Dunstan's Church and the Congregational Church, at Cranbrook
You are invited to visit these two Cranbrook churches. Meet at 6.45 for 7.0pm at St Dunstan's. Cost £2 (students £1). Tea & biscuits £1 per person. A booking form for this visit is enclosed and return by 10 June would be appreciated.
Saturday 30 September
All Saints, Eastchurch and Harty, at Sheppey
You are invited to visit these two Sheppey churches. Meet at 1.45 for 2pm, at Eastchurch. Cost £2 (students £1). Substantial tea £3.50. A booking form for this visit is enclosed and return by 16 September would be appreciated.
KAS Summer Excursion 2006
Return to Northumbria, 12 – 17 June inclusive
Last chance to join - only a few places still available!
After too long an interval, the Society plans to visit Northumbria for its 2006 excursion, which, for one year only, will last for six days. Since our last visits to Northumbria, in many new sites, from the Roman period to the nineteenth century, have become available; for example, Segedunum (where the Wall meets the North Sea), Chesters, the birthplace of the wood engraver and naturalist Thomas Bewick, and there are the lovely Cragside House.
For further details and a booking form contact the Hon Excursions Secretary, Joy Slyon on slyon@shorehamkent.wanadoo.co.uk.
KAS Place-Names Committee Day Conference
Saturday 15 July, 10am – 3.30pm at Snodland
The Place-Names Committee are holding another Day Conference with completely new examples. The speakers will be Dr Paul Cullen and Dr David Parsons, the Director of the Institute for Name Studies, University of Nottingham. David's talks will be 'Reintroduction to English Place Names' and 'Place-Names and the Church', while Paul will speak on 'Current Research in Kent' and 'Place-Names in and around Snodland', where the conference will be held. Please see the enclosed flyer for details and how to book your place. Remember – the last two conferences were sold out!
KAS Draughting Day Course
Historic Buildings of Kent
14 October in Darjing Church Barn, 10.30am – 4.30pm
Due to unforeseen circumstances the previous coastal theme of this day has been changed and we will now be looking at historic buildings within the county. Speakers will include Geoffrey Henry, David Gardner and Mike Corbett. Cost is £5.00, to include coffee and tea. A booking form for this conference is enclosed.
OTHER EVENTS AROUND KENT
CONFERENCES
Bronze Age Connections: Cultural Contact in Prehistoric Europe
The Dover Bronze Age Boat Trust Second Conference
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October
At the Dover Harbour Board Cruise Terminal, Dover
To mark the occasion of the Ringlemere gold cup being placed on display alongside the Dover Bronze Age Boat in Dover Museum, a two-day conference will take place in Dover in October 2006. The theme is 'Bronze Age Connections: Cultural Contact in Prehistoric Europe', in celebration of these two iconic symbols of Bronze Age life. The symposium will bring together a wide range of scholars from many different specialisms to explore the economic, social and symbolic nature of cultural contact along the NW European seaboard in prehistory and the practical means by which cross-channel relations could be maintained. More details can be found at www.canterburytrust.co.uk.
ABOVE: The Dover Bronze Age Boat under excavation.
TALKS & LECTURES
Bexley Archaeological Group
16 May
The West Medieval Gallery in the Museum of London, Hedley Swain.
In the Bexley & Sidcup Conservative Club, 19 Station Road, Sidcup at 8pm. Non-members welcome, admission £3.
British Archaeological Association Meetings
3 May
Worcester Cathedral: architecture and historiography by Dr Ute Engel.
All meetings are held at 5pm in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly. Non-members are very welcome but are asked to make themselves known to the Hon. Director on arrival and to sign the visitors book.
Loose Area History Society
6 May
Kent Women - Famous, Infamous and Unsung. Chris McCooey
13 June
Guided Perambulation of Rolvenden
11 July
Guided Perambulation of Lenham
10 October
History of the Victoria Cross Lt. Col. Mike Martin
15 November
The Caged Lady Lee Ault
11 December
Shakespeare's International Globe. Anne Carter.
All meetings are held at Loose Infant School and start at 7.30pm. All welcome. Admission £1.50, pay at the door. For more details tel: 01622 741198.
OTHER EVENTS
Field trip to the ISLES OF ORKNEY
3 – 8 July 2006
In July 2006 the Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust are planning a six-day trip to Orkney, just off the north coast of Scotland. The tour will encompass some of the best-preserved and spectacular archaeological monuments of all periods anywhere in Europe, set in a beautiful landscape of gently rolling islands, seascapes and astonishing wildlife.
Our guide will be Peter Clark FSA, deputy-director of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Between 1978 and 1986 he has spent every summer season excavating sites of many periods throughout the islands. The tour will visit many of the great sites of European archaeology. It will be based in the Norse town of Kirkwall and visit both Orkney mainland and the small islands of Hoy and Rousay. Included will be Birsay, seat of Norse power in Orkney, the round church of Orphir, St. Magnus in Kirkwall, the important Neolithic village of Skara Brae and as many other sites as can be fitted into the time available. We travel direct from Gatwick to Kirkwall, with independent travel to Gatwick.
There will be rough walking and ever-changing weather, so stout walking shoes and waterproofs are essential. The cost is £825 and the group is limited to 30.
For Orkneys booking form apply to: CAMINO JOUR