What’s On

KAS EVENTS

SOUTH EAST REGION INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY CONFERENCE

Saturday 27 April
Dartford Grammar School

Details and booking form are on the KAS website. The conference will cover a wide variety of past Kent industries. Cost: £12 and it is possible to pre-book lunch. Entry on the day £15. If you require further information please contact Mike Clinch mike@mikeclinch.co.uk or 01322 526425.

INTRODUCTION TO THE KAS LIBRARY

Wednesday 8 May 10.30am

See advert on page 8

LIFE AND DEATH IN SAXON KENT

Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery with the KAS
13 & 14 July

A Festival of Archaeology event. Regia Anglorum Saxon encampment in Brenchley Gardens with longship launching on the Medway; KAS Library open with displays, conservation workshops, lots of kids activities and family trails, finds identification by Kent’s Finds Liaison Officer, displays by local archaeology groups, talk on Anglo Saxon Kent – all FREE.

For more details www.museum.maidstone.gov.uk/events or 01622 602853 (Learning Team).

KAS CHURCHES COMMITTEE VISIT

Saturday 22 June
St Clements, Old Romney and St Nicholas, New Romney

Meet at 13.45 for 14.00 start at Old Romney, St Clements. Post Code TN29 0HP, Grid Ref TR 035 251

We will then move on to New Romney, St Nicholas. Post Code TN28 8EU, Grid Ref TR 065 32475

The cost of the visits is £5 to include tea and biscuits at Wye College. Details on the day.

Please register by emailing or telephoning the Church Visits Secretary, Jackie Davidson, jacalyn.davidson@btinternet.com or 01634 324004.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN KENTISH URBAN STUDIES

One-Day Conference at Canterbury Christ Church University
Saturday 29 June

Lecture Theatre, Old Sessions House, under the History Department’s Centre for Public History.

In conjunction with Kent Archaeological Society, Canterbury Archaeological Trust and the Historical Association.

Programme:

• 9.30 Registration
• 9.55 Welcome & Introduction: Why study urban history? – Dr Stephen Hipkin
• 10.15 Session 1: Community archaeology projects. Chair: Dr Paul Bennett
  • Folkestone – Dr Andrew Richardson
  • Faversham – Dr Pat Reid
• 11.15 Coffee
• 11.45 Session 2: Medieval. Chair: Dr Louise Wilkinson
  • Grange – Dr Gillian Draper
  • Hythe – Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh
• 12.45 Lunch (make own arrangements)
• 14.00 Session 3: Early Modern. Chair: Dr Elizabeth Edwards
  • Canterbury – Professor Jackie Eales
  • Dover – Dr Claire Bartram
• 15.00 Tea
• 15.30 Session 4: Modern. Chair: Dr Martin Watts
  • Medway Towns – Dr Sandra Dunster
  • Sevenoaks – Professor David Killingray
• 16.30 Finale: The Centre for Public History and ATU project – Dr Lesley Hardy

Tickets £12 (lunch NOT provided – see campus/city outlets). Cheques made payable to Canterbury Christ Church University.

Further details and to book (by 21 June): Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh, 11 Caledon Terrace, Canterbury CT1 3JS; s.m.sweetinburgh@kent.ac.uk or 01227 472490.

ARCHAEOLOGY & STANDING BUILDINGS STUDY DAY

One Day Workshop
Saturday 14 September, 10.00am – 16.00
Agricultural Museum at Brook, near Wye, TN25 5PF

Organised by Wye Rural Museum Trust and Canterbury Archaeological Trust, with Kent Archaeological Society and the Dover Archaeological Group, to provide practical experience in the study of archaeology & standing buildings.

The day will be run in TWO sessions: morning and afternoon, and ALL the workshops will take place in BOTH sessions.

Timetable:

• 10.00 – 10.30 Coffee and registration
• 10.30 – 12.30 First Session
• 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch (not provided)
• 13.30 – 15.30 Second Session
• 15.30 – 16.00 Tea and way forward

There will be FOUR workshops covering the following:

• Field walking (or alternative if problems of availability)
• Finds identification & recording
• Reading stone buildings
• Assessing timber-frame buildings

Please select workshops in order of preference (see application form). Due to limitations on group size early application is advisable. However, every endeavour will be made to give participants their first two choices. To that end, tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis and will be sent out at the end of August.

Cost £30 for the day. Please bring a packed lunch. Cheques made payable to CAT. Application form is available on the KAS, Museum Trust and CAT websites or direct from Dr S. Sweetinburgh, 11 Caledon Terrace, Canterbury CT1 3JS; s.m.sweetinburgh@kent.ac.uk or 01227 472490. Please enclose a SAE if using Royal Mail.

KENT: IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION

One Day Conference
7 December, 9.30am – 16.00
Grimond Building, University of Kent, Canterbury.

The Kent Archaeological Society, with the support of the School of History, University of Kent.

The conference will focus on the role of population movements, immigrants and emigrants to and from Kent from the settlement of very early migrants crossing the Channel to Kent to the modern movements since the 16th century.

The pre-historic origins, recently highlighted by the Dover Bronze Age boat exhibitions, will provide an excellent starting point, and specialist papers have been promised for later periods by, inter alia: Dr Andrew Richardson on the various arguments on the ‘myths’ of Anglo-Saxon invasions/migrations; Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh on later medieval migrants in Canterbury; Jane Andrews, on immigrants to Sandwich in the early modern period, and also by one of the organisers, Professor David Killingray, on the presence of black people (of African origin and descent) in the County since the age of reconnaissance.

Conference fee £10.00, including tea and coffee. Lunch not provided, but may be bought at various outlets on campus.

Further details from: Dr Elizabeth Edwards,

University of Kent, e.edwards@kent.ac.uk, and Professor David Killingray, University of London, dmkillingray@hotmail.com

EVENTS AROUND KENT

THE TRUST FOR THANET ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURE 25 YEARS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT

Tuesday 23 April at 19.45 (Celebratory anniversary refreshments from 19.00, lecture begins 19.45)
Tickets £5.00 (includes refreshments)

Room CG48, Christ Church University, Broadstairs Campus, Northwood Rd, Broadstairs CT10 2WA.

ONE DAY CONFERENCE

Exploring our Past – Preserving our Heritage
Saturday 27 April, 10.00 – 16.00, registration from 9.30am. Tickets £15.00 (includes refreshments)

Room CG48 Christ Church University, Broadstairs Campus, Northwood Rd, Broadstairs CT10 2WA.

Exploring the themes of the Landscape, Townscape and People-scape of the Isle of Thanet, with talks by a wide range of speakers exploring the remains of lost industries, unusual artefacts and hidden places.

• Rod LeGear: Digging In: How Thanet’s landscape influenced the industries of the past
• Mark Samuels - Wartime Landscapes: World War Two defences at Pegwell Bay
• Emma Boast - The Hidden History of Margate Pier: Reading the archaeology of the seaside
• Nick Dermott - Thanet, Pioneer of mass entertainment: How Thanet’s townscape developed under the influence of popular culture and mass entertainment
• Bob Pantony - The Rowe Bequest: Tracing one of Thanet’s most important heritage archives
• David Crawford White - Engaging with our heritage: The East Kent Access outreach project reviewed and the potential for popular engagement with Heritage Lottery-funded outreach projects
• Ges Moody - Landscape, Townscape, People-scape revisited: Review of the day’s talks and opportunity for questions/discussion.

Tickets must be purchased in advance. Order by secure Paypal payment from www.thanetarch.co.uk/learn_see_do/events (No Paypal account necessary). Discounted ticket for both events £17.00.

THE WYE RURAL MUSEUM TRUST AND WYE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Third Nightingale Memorial Lecture

BASKET-MAKING THEN AND NOW

By Mary Butcher M.B.E.
Friday 10 May at 19.30.

The Hall, Lady Joanna Thornhill (Endowed) Primary School, Bridge Street, Wye TN25 5EA

Admission free, but to help with organisation please if possible notify your attendance in advance to Dr Tom Hill, Withington Selling Road, Old Wives Lees, Canterbury CT4 8BH, t.hall35@btinternet.com or 01227 730477.

FAVERSHAM HERITAGE WEEKEND

Organised by The Faversham Society
19 – 21 July

The rich past of this exceptionally historic little town can be experienced in a variety of ways. Visitors can encounter a ‘pub garden’ excavation, taking place over three days (19 – 21 July). On 20 July, wander through a living Faversham timeline with opportunities for interaction with ‘past inhabitants’ and visit the fascinating Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre. Also on 20 July, an opportunity to visit some of the well preserved local buildings through the long established Open House scheme.

All events FREE except for Open House, for which an information booklet can be purchased at the Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Preston Street.

More information from Moya Dean, Learning Manager, Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, favershamlearning@gmail.com

SHORNE WOODS COUNTRY PARK (DA12 3HX)

27 and 28 April
Free exhibition!

See finds discovered during 8 years of archaeological fieldwork within the Park.

Finds from Randall Manor, flint tools from Mesolithic sites and from the newly-discovered site of Randall Hall. Images from the LiDAR survey of the Medway Valley. Kid’s activities and the opportunity to try flint knapping!

29 June to 28 July
‘Archaeology in the Park’

• Visit the month-long excavation of Randall Manor, now in its 8th year.
• Display by medieval re-enactors 27 and 28 July
• Site open daily with free guided tours!

For more information contact Andrew Mayfield andrew.mayfield@kent.gov.uk or 07920 548906. www.facebook.com/archaeologyinkent

FRIENDS OF CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST

Wednesday 5 June

Life and Death at Pomerium and Pereclum

A full day group visit to the British Museum. Preference will be given to FCAT members, but for details, including cost and booking form, please contact the Friends as below.

September 2013
Royal Norman Castles in Kent by Richard Eales

October 2013
The Building Stones of Canterbury by Geoff Downer

Further details of the September and October talks will be available later. Please contact the Friends on friends@canterburytrust.co.uk or 01227 825820.

For events that do not have a stated charge, FCAT requests a donation - members £2.00, non-members £3.00, students £1.00, to cover costs and support the activities of the Archaeological Trust.

BEXLEY ARCHAEOLOGICAL GROUP

Annual Training Excavation
Monday 29 July - Friday 2 August

Learning how to undertake fieldwalking, geophysics, surveying, excavating, finds processing, site drawing, finds illustrations and talks.

Cost for the week is £150.

For further information or to book a place please contact Pip Pullen, pipsmail@talktalk.net or 07961 963893.

DEAL MARITIME & LOCAL HISTORY MUSEUM

22 St Georges Road, Deal CT14 6BA

The Museum reopens on 4 May. Saturdays only during May, September and October; from June to September 11.00 - 17.00 Saturdays and 14.00 - 17.00 Tuesdays to Fridays.

New gallery opening this year and important local groups will be using the special exhibitions gallery to advertise their work. Admission charges held to £3.00 and £1.50 for children/concessions. The Museum is an independent charity funded by admissions, donations and grants from specific bodies.

Group visits outside planned opening hours can be arranged through Tours Manager Bob Acton on 01304 380318. For general enquiries, Mike Eddy on 01304 368330.

CROFTON ROMAN VILLA
Festival of Archaeology Family Fun Event
Sunday 21 July

Guided talk of the villa house for adults, while children have an activity session with Roman artefacts and dress up as Romans. Children and adults can then do the villa quiz and win a special villa badge each and joint certificate!

Sessions 10.30am & 14.00. Children to be accompanied. No booking needed. Entry £1.50, concessions £1.00, family (of 4) ticket £4.00, 50p each additional child.

EDEN VALLEY MUSEUM, EDENBRIDGE
‘Lost and Found’, guest exhibition until 18 May

Selected artefacts found in the Eden Valley by the West Kent Detector Club, including coins from Roman times to present day, Civil War, WWI and WW2 artefacts and objects from everyday life.

For opening times 01732 868102 or curator@evmt.org.uk

LANDSCAPES OF SOUTH-EAST BRITAIN DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD

Conference & AGM - Council for British Archaeology: South East with the Kent Archaeological Field School

Saturday 16 November
Assembly Rooms, Preston Street, Faversham, Kent. 9.30am to 4.30pm.

• Jeremy Hodgkinson ‘The Landscape of Iron Production in the Roman Weald’
• Lacey Wallace ‘A newly discovered Roman villa in Bourne Park, Canterbury’
• David Staveley ‘The Sussex Roman road network’
• Simon Elliott ‘The Upper Medway during the Roman Occupation: Industry, agriculture and elites’
• David Rudling ‘Roman period Settlement and Land-use in the Sussex Ouse Valley’
• David Bird ‘Landscapes of Roman Surrey’
• Paul Wilkinson ‘Villa landscapes in Roman Kent’
• Andrew Richardson ‘Emporium to villa: 500 years at East Wear Bay, Folkestone’

Tickets available in advance from www.kafs.co.uk/news.aspx or 01795 532548 for booking form. Cost £8 for members of CBA SE and KAFS or £10 for non-members and on the day.