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Sunday September 30th. Our Chairman Paul Palmer led a 10 mile walk from Hexton (near Hitchin) to Wilbury, Letchworth G.C along the Icknield Way. During the walk, Paul expounded upon the significance of this ancient trackway and we enjoyed a perfect ‘Indian Summer’-like day.
Wednesday October 3rd, Alison Dickens (Cambridge Archaeology Unit) gave an excellent lecture to the Society on the Subject of ‘The Excavations of the old Robert Sayle site in Cambridge’. This was our first lecture at the Garden Gallery in Plinston Hall, where we were warmly received.
Saturday October 6th. The NHAS were represented at Volunteers Fair this weekend held in Plinston Hall. We had productive conversations revolving around the Society and welcomed several new members as a result of this event.
Click here for pictures of all three events
Gil Burleigh writes:-
I think this new publication will be of interset to our members.The garden of Quickswood mentioned in the flyer was in Wallington parish near Baldock. There are still some archaeological remains of it in the form of earthworks and other remains are visible on aerial photographs.
In addition to our 2007/8 lecture programme, this Autumn we have a series of walks and outings which may interest you.
Several NHAS members attended a week’s training course in July hosted by Birkbeck College. Philip Dean has written an account which summarises our experiences.
University of London Certificates, Diplomas and Short Courses in Archaeology 2007/8 are now available. At Birkbeck you are offered a wide range of courses taught by people who are as passionate about their past as they are about sharing their expert knowledge of archaeology with you. These range from day schools and summer excavation training to Certificatesand Diplomas in Archaeology, Field Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern and Aegean Studies. Their next Open Evening is September 6th.
The North Herts Archaeological Society presented a display at the ‘Archaeology in Your Backyard’ event at Bassingbourn Village College on 7th July 2007. The display told the story of the discovery of a Romano-British temple treasure by a metal detectorist and the subsequent investigations and excavations which took place over the following 4 years. Gil Burleigh, the Society’s Field Officer, presented a lecture on the subject of ‘The Royston Mile Ditches and other Iron Age multiple-ditched territorial boundaries on the Icknield Belt in the eastern Chilterns’. Click here for details of his talk.
NORTON COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT – CHURCH FIELD EXCAVATION Summer 2007 for details click here.
On Friday June 15th Gil Burleigh and Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews launched their joint publication entitled ‘Ancient Baldock : the story of an Iron Age and Roman town’. Report by Mick James.
On Thursday April 26th, Dr Ralph Jackson, Curator of the Romano-British collection at the British Museum came to Ashwell Village Museum to dedicate a replica of one of the gold votive offering plaques found at the site of the Senuna Dig. Peter Greener, Curator, has kindly written a short report of this event for our Society. It contains a photograph of the presentation of the plaque and the replica plaque itself, which can now be seen at the Ashwell Village Museum.
Sunday 8th July – Paul Palmer has agreed to do an ‘Icknield Way’ walk. Meet at the Heritage Foundation Resource Centre Car Park, Wilbury at 10.00am. We will then transport everyone in as few cars as possible to the Walk start point (Hexton) from where we will walk back to Letchworth. The Walk is expected to last 4-5 hours (about 7.5 miles) so is definitely for the relatively fit. Please contact Mick James if you plan to attend and he will send you directions to the LGCHF Wilbury Resource Centre. This will enable us to have some idea of how many cars / drivers we will need to get to the start point. Cost will be £2 per person.