Recorded lectures
AGM and Exploring the archaeology of an East Sussex Icon
The AGM will begin at 16.45 followed by our President, Nathalie Cohen's lecture at 17.00.
Findings Under the Floorboards: Sutton House's 17th-Century Fragments
This talk establishes the identification of paper fragments found underneath the floorboards of Sutton House in Hackney, London, as important material survivals of a 17th-century schoolgirl craft,
Archaeology and Nature Recovery at the National Trust
By taking a proactive approach to heritage assessment to support nature recovery in land-use change projects for nature and climate, archaeology can be identified as an environmental discipli
Royston Cave: A Medieval Mystery beneath our Feet
In August 1742, workmen were erecting a bench inside the market house that sat near the crossroads in the middle of the Hertfordshire town of Royston.
Ad Gefrin revisited: New findings and thoughts on a multi-period place of power
Yeavering in Northumberland is well-known for its appearance in the eighth-century Ecclesiastical History of the English People in which Bede describes a vi
AGM and The Lamp of Knowledge: the Symbol of the Society of Antiquaries
The AGM will begin at 16.45 followed by our President, Nathalie Cohen's lecture at 17.00.
A small town on Hadrian's Wall? - the extramural settlement and bathhouse at Birdoswald
In the 1990s, geophysical surveys on the extramural areas of Hadrian's Wall forts demonstrated that they were more extensive than formerly believed, however very little excavation has taken pl
Life on the lake: The prehistory and history of Skipsea, Holderness
The flat landscape of Holderness, East Yorkshire, was once dotted with freshwater lakes and pools.
Patches of the endless forest: landscape, monuments and remote perception in the early Neolithic of southern England
Ever since antiquarians first began to record their observations about long barrows, it has been almost universally agreed that these monuments were deliberately sited both to be seen from afar and
Two famous archaeologists excavate a henge in the 1930s: King Arthur's Round Table then, and its interpretation today
In 1937, the philosopher Robin Collingwood excavated a henge monument in Cumbria and identified the postholes of a series of timber buildings which he compared with those at other sites.