Hadrianic Society Weekend 2012.

The Hadrianic Society Weekend 2012,  Friday 30th March to Sunday 1st April, will take place at Collingwood College, Durham instead of St. Aidans College because of accommodation changes during the holidays, 

The Society's Reunion Weekend is aimed mainly at Society members but is open to all-comers, including to the Annual General Meeting, although non-members would not be permitted to vote at the AGM.

The weekend starts on Friday 30th March - tea/coffee and biscuits are available from 5.00pm onwards in the Penthouse Suite on the first floor and the first event proper is dinner at 7.00pm. The AGM then follows, after which attendees usually adjourn to the College bar or retire for the night.  

On Saturday there is a full day excursion by coach to Carvoran and Birdoswald. We usually stop for morning coffee (at members own expense) and your Weekend fee includes a packed lunch provided by the College. 

There will be a special 40th Anniversary Dinner in the Penthouse Suite at 7pm. At dinner  we are joined by those attending the Roman Army School course, which overlaps the Reunion Weekend. 

After dinner the combined group then attends the first lecture given Tony Wilmott on "Roman Maryport".

On the Sunday morning the first lecture commences at 9-15 when  Nick Hodgson will speak on "The internal planning of auxiliary forts".

Coffee break (10-30-11-00)

At 11-00 Val Maxfield will speak on "The Nile: A Roman Limes?". 

Lunch will commence at 12-30.

The Reunion ends after Sunday lunch - packed lunches are available as an alternative for those who may need to leave early.

If you have any special requirements, e.g. special dietry requirements or the need for a ground floor room, please let us know when you return  your application form.  

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Hadrianic Society  Weekend 2011.

The Hadrianic Society Weekend 2011 took place at St. Aidan's College, Durham from Friday 15th April to Sunday 17th April 2011. 

The annual general meeting was held on Friday evening. On Saturday there was our usual excursion to Hadrian's Wall.  This year we visited Housesteads, where we had not been for some time. Those unable to tackle the climb to Housesteads were taken to Steel Rig for a short stroll before being reunited with the rest of the group at Housesteads car park. After a picnic lunch at Cawfields we visited Vindolanda, where much new work has been carried out on the museum as well as continuing excavation.  Last  month (September 2010) the skeleton of a young person was found buried in a pit in a barrack block floor. The find is dated to around the AD 250's, when the Fourth Cohort of Gauls formed the garrison.  We then returned to St. Aidan's in time for dinner.

After dinner Matthew Symonds spoke on "Crossing the line: controlling access on Hadrian's Wall". 

On Sunday morning David Woolliscroft spoke on "New work in Scotland".

After the coffee break.

Adrian Goldsworthy spoke on "Secret river crossings by bandits and the Roman response".                                                                    

Following lunch the Society dispersed.

Further details on the recent Vindolanda excavations and can be found by clicking on the link to their site on the Links Page.

Further information on Housesteads Fort can be found by following the link on the Links Page.

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 Hadrianic Society Weekend 2010.

The  Hadrianic Society Weekend (40th Anniversary) took place at St. Aidans College, Durham on Friday 16th April  to Sunday 18th April 2010.

On Friday evening we held the Annual General Meeting followed by members contributions. 

On Saturday we had our usual excursion to the Wall. This year (2010) we went to the Birdoswald area, incorporating the walk from Birdoswald fort to Milecastle 48 that was done by the 2009 Pilgrimage people (the coach was available to transport those who did not wish to do the walking). 

 Members unable to attend this excursion may like to check out the link to Birdoswald Roman Fort which is on our links page. This link leads to the Birdoswald page of the excellent 'Visit Cumbria' website. As well as many superb aerial photos by Simon Ledingham of Birdoswald Fort etc, there are links to other parts of the Wall built into the text which lead to Gilsland Mile Castle 48, Willowford Bridge, Banks Turrets 51B and 52A and the Pike Hill Signal Tower.

 On Saturday evening a special 40th Anniversary Dinner was held in the Lindisfarne Centre. 

On Sunday commencing at 9-15am  Jon Coulston  spoke on - The Partho-Sassanid Art of War ( part 1). 

There was a short interval for coffee at 11-00.

Jon then continued with The Partho-Sassanid Art of War (part 2).

After lunch Nick Hodgson spoke on-  The enemies of Rome in Northern Britain  and following a short tea break,  Birgitta Hoffmann spoke on- The Garamantes.

The society then dispersed.  

 

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Hadrianic Society Weekend 2009.

The Hadrianic Society Weekend 2009 took place on the 3rd April (Friday) to the 5th April 2009 and was again be based at St. Aidans College, Durham.  The weekend  followed the same format as 2008.

On Friday evening we had our AGM, followed by members contributions. 

The AGM and all lectures were held in the library. 

On Saturday we followed the line of Dere Street past Lanchester and Ebchester forts to Corbridge, had morning coffee, visited the Roman bridge and saw the beautifully conserved road ramp up to it and then continued to Cawfields for a picnic lunch. In the afternoon we visited Vindolanda to see the newly-exposed granaries.

 

Saturday evening David Breeze  spoke on "Did Hadrian design Hadrian's Wall?".

Sunday morning Jon Coulston spoke on "Trajan's Column - a window on the Roman Army".

David Breeze  followed  with "The making of a new World Heritage Site - the Antonine Wall". 

 

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