The Eagles have Landed Exhibition. 06 August to 03 October 2010

Discover the impact of the arrival of the Roman Army on civilian life in this major 10th birthday celebration exhibition at Segedunum.

Further information can be found by using the link to Segedunum on the links page. 

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What was Hadrian's Wall for?

New excavations and research. 

Wednesday 22nd September 2010 commencing at 7-30pm. A lecture by  Paul Bidwell at St Hugh's Hall, Lincoln.  Donations invited.

For further information contact Telephone:-01522 521337 E-mail:-slha@lincolnshirepast.org.uk  

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New Light on the Roman North East.

A day conference to be held on the 9th October 2010 at the Council Chamber, County Hall, Durham organized jointly Durham County Council's Archaeology Section  by the Archaeological and Architectural Society of Durham and Northumberland.

The conference will be re-assessing Roman life and society in North - East England in the light of the increasing number of native and civilian settlements that are being excavated. These excavations are allowing archaeologists to gain a more sophisticated understanding of the effects of Roman rule and the large military presence in the area on the local native population. 

The conference will be looking back at past work, exploring current projects and looking forward to future developments. 

Speakers include:-

 Dr Nick Hodgson,  Native settlement north of Hadrian's Wall: New discoveries.

Arthur Anderson, The social archaeology of the late Iron Age-Roman North East.

Dr. David Mason, The Roman forts of County Durham re-assessed.

Frances McIntosh, How the PAS is illuminating our understanding of the rural Roman North East.

Phillippa Walton, Rethinking coin use and loss in the Roman North.

Dr. David Petts, Christianity and the end of the Roman North.

Dr. Rob Collins, The North East in AD410: Is this "the end"?   

Tickets go on sale from 9-00am on  Monday September 20th at a cost of £10-00 each (includes buffet lunch) and can be obtained from the Archaeology Section, Durham County Council.  

For more information contact the Archaeology Section Tel:- 0191 370 8712 

E-mail:- archaeology@durham.gov.uk      

  

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Hadrian: Man on a mission.

Jewry Wall Museum, Talk and museum tour, Thursday 11th November 2010. Commencing at 7pm. Cost £3 per person.  

For more information contact the Jewry Wall Museum, telephone:-0116 2254971.

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End of the Roman North.

Roman to Anglo-Saxon in Northern England.

A conference to be held in York on the 13th November 2010 as part of the 410AD anniversary events.  

Speakers will include:-  Dr Mark Whyman,  (York Archaeological Trust),   Dr David Mason, (Durham County Council),  Ian Roberts, (Archaeological Services WYAS), Prof Jennifer Price,  Dr Tom Pickles, (University of York), Prof Dominic Powesland (University of Leeds) and Prof Ian Wood, (University of Leeds). 

The event will include a special lecture on the Trapain Law Hoard given by Dr Fraser Hunter.

The event will be held at Temple Hall, York St. John University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York, YO31 7EX.

Anyone interested in attending this event is asked to send a Stamped and Self-Addressed envelope to: AD410 Conference, Rarey Farm, Weaverthorpe, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8EY or E-mail don711@sky.com (noting the subject as AD410 Conference) and details of the event will be sent out when the programme is confirmed. 

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Finds from the Roman Army Camp at Vechten, Glasgow.

A lecture by Dr. Ton Derks on Thursday 18th November 2010 commencing at 7-30pm, donations invited.

For more information contact the Glasgow Archaeological Society via their website www.glasarchsoc.org.uk  

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The Twilight of Roman Britain in the North.

Military Failure or "Moving On"? 

Another conference as part of the 410AD anniversary events. To be held on the 20th November at The Customs House, South Shields commencing at 10am to 5pm. Cost £15-£20.

For more information on the above conference contact the Arbeia Society Tel:- 0191 4544093.

 E-mail liz.elliott@twmuseums.org.uk

Website www.410.org.uk/confs.htm

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Recent Roman Research.

A conference to review the results from recent excavations of Roman sites throughout the East Midlands to be held on the 27th November at the Priory Centre in Lincoln.

For more information contact Daryl Garton,  Hon Meetings Secretary, 12, Collington Street, Beeson, Nottingham, NG9 1FJ

E-mail: daryl@dgarton.plus.com   website:www.britarc.ac.uk/cbaem  

 

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The Vindolanda Trust,

The Vindolanda Trust has won nearly £4million in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund. More information can be found by going to the Links page and clicking on the link to the Vindolanda webpage.

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Binchester (Vinovia) Excavation Project 2009-2014.

The Archaeological Department of Durham County Council has started a new five year programme of excavations at Binchester Roman Fort. The work will be carried out in partnership with the Archaeological Department of Durham University, the Archaeology Centre, Stanford University (California) and the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland. 

The project was commenced this year with several large scale excavations and fieldwork with the intention of investigating  the south-east gateway, a part of the fort interior and a small section of the vicus.  The university training excavations began in early June and work has continued with the public excavations until 7th August 2009. 

Binchester Roman Fort is open annually from the Easter Weekend until 30th September. The site opens at 11am and closes at 5pm daily except in July and August when the hours are 10am to 5pm. The site is closed in the winter months. 

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Vindolanda Roman Fort Excavations.

A press release from the Vindolanda Trust has announced that the excavation team working on the north gate of the fort has discovered a unique religous shrine. The press release by Professor Anthony Birley states "What should have been part of the rampart mound near to the north gate has turned out to be an amazing religious shrine with a substantial and exceptionally well preserved altar dedicated by a prefect of the Fourth Cohort of Gauls to an important eastern god, Jupiter of Doliche".  

Stop Press: "The bottom half of a second altar has also been discovered in the shrine. This altar was dedicated by a prefect of the Second Cohort of Nervians". 

The 2009 Vindolanda excavations continued until mid September.

More information about these new discoveries and translations of the inscriptions can be found by visiting the Vindolanda website using the link on the Links Page.