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outreach at kibworthOur Outreach team takes archaeology workshops and talks out to schools and colleges in the county. It also runs Masterclasses and workshops on campus and in the department. We've also worked with the army on Project Nightingale at Caerwent. Find out more on what we do! And hear about the places we have visited last year, read some testimonials, and see what we can bring to your school to help bring the past alive!

University of Leicester Archaeological Services

ULAS is an independent professional unit whose expertise covers urban, rural and buildings archaeology of all periods across the Midlands. Find out more...

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Read about the city's archaeology in the new publication Visions of Ancient Leicester

Contact the School

School of Archaeology and Ancient History,
University of Leicester, University Road,
Leicester, LE1 7RH

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Events and Meetings

2009 and 2010 schedules of Project and related events

design on a Wallingford strap-end

 2009 EVENTS AND MEETINGS

7th - 8th March Garden archaeology test pits x 3, Wallingford (ME/NC/PC with TWHAS)

11th March, Castle Meadows Advisory Group Meeting, Wallingford (NC/ME)

19th-20th March, Garden archaeology, Wallingford Museum & University of Leicester

18th April – 25th April EASTER GEOPHYSICS SEASON, Wallingford

            Res/mag surveys Castle Mdws & Gdns, St John’s Sch (JT/ME/NC/OC with TWHAS)

            Earthwork survey (MF)

            Building survey (MG/PC)

Fri,  May 15th, Steering Committee Meeting, University of Leicester

Fri, May 29th, History Forum, Wallingford Museum

Sat, May 30th Oxfordshire Past Conference, Wallingford. Papers by Neil Christie, Matt Edgeworth and Judy Dewey

Mon, June 1st Wallingford Town Council meeting, talk by Neil Christie

July 4th - July 25th SUMMER EXCAVATION SEASON

            Wed, July 15th Castle Meadows Advisory Group Meeting

            Thurs, July 16th Visit of Abingdon Area Archaeological Society

            Sun, July 19th Festival of Archaeology Open Day

            Mon, July 20th Visit of Surrey Heath Archaeological and Heritage Trust

Thurs, July 31st Mapping the Medieval City Conference, Chester. Paper by Michael Fradley

 Sat, Oct 3rd Medieval Wallingford Conference, Wallingford. Papers by  David Roffe, Judy Dewey, Michael Fradley, Jeremy Taylor, Margaret Yates, , David Pedgley, Matt Godfrey, Gavin Speed, Matt Edgeworth and Katharine Keats-Rohan. Programme

Oct 4th - 5th  Garden archaeology test pits, Wallingford Museum

Oct  24th – 25th  Garden archaeology test pits, Wallingford Museum & University of Leicester

Nov 5th – Nov 8th Archaeology of Bridges Conference, Regensburg, Germany. Paper by Neil Christie/Matt Edgeworth

Nov 26th  Steering Committee Meeting , Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford

Thurs, Dec 3rd Northamptonshire Historical Association. Paper by Matt Edgeworth

Dec 5th-6th Garden archaeology test pits, Wallingford Museum & University of Leicester

Dec 17th-19th, Theoretical Archaeology Conference, University of Durham. Session on ‘Theorising Medieval Towns’. Papers by Matt Edgeworth and Michael Fradley. Session outline

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Kinecroft 2008: supervisor Gavin meets the BBC Radio Oxford team

2010 EVENTS AND MEETINGS 

23rd Jan             Garden Archaeology test pits, Wallingford (ME)

26th Feb            English Heritage Awards Conference, British Museum (NC)

6th March           Berkshire Archaeological Society Talk (NC)

10th-24th April     EASTER GEOPHYSICS SEASON, Wallingford

Excavation of Trench 7 (rampart); Excavation of test pits in St John’s School; GPR survey, castle

7th May              University of Exeter workshop (ME)

14th May            Wallingford. Talk to TWHAS and general public (NC)

29th-30th May      Garden Archaeology test pits, Wallingford (TWHAS)

12th June           Oxford Continuing Education Department visit, afternoon tour (ME)

10th-24th July    SUMMER EXCAVATION SEASON, Wallingford

Excavation of Trench 8 in Queen’s Arbour; Excavation of test pits in Bullcroft

18th July           Festival of Archaeology Open Day

October 9th       ‘Wallingford Castle in Context’ Conference, Wallingford

Early Nov          Final Steering Committee Meeting

26th-27th Nov ‘Townscapes in Transformation’ Conference, Exeter

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a school visit to the site

 

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