This section contains details of our programme of lectures and our summer visits. For the the scheddduleof 2016 fieldword see SOAG Calendar
Programme of Lectures
We run a full programme of lectures from September to April. All lectures are held at the Goring Heath Parish Hall, Whitchurch Hill (map) at 7.30 pm for 7.45pm (unless stated otherwise) and are free to all, although donations are appreciated.
2017-2018 lectures series
Thursday Sept 28 2017
Lecture by Prof Trevor
Rowley
(Oxford University)
Title:
'The
Landscape of the Norman Conquest'
Thursday Oct
26 2017
Lecture by
Richard Oram (Oxfordshire
County Archaeologist)
Title:
'Shining a Light on the Past - How Lidar Transforms Our View'
Thursday Nov
23 2017
Two short lectures by SOAG members:
Lecture by
Andrew Allum
Title:
'Highwood:
the Mound and Other Enigmas''
Lecture by
Lindsey Bedford
Title:
'Boxford: A Villa and a Mosaic''
Thursday Jan
25 2018
Lecture by
Adam McBride
(Oxford
University)
Title:
'The Origins of Wessex: Long Wittenham and theContext of Power'
Thursday Feb
22 2018
Lecture by Carl Champness (Oxford Archaeology)
Title:
‘Wallingford,
Winterbrook: Excavations of a multi-period site with Prehistoric and Early
Saxon settlement'
Thursday Mar
22 2018
Lecture byDr David Bird
(retired County Archaeologist, Surrey.
Title:
‘Route
of the Roman Invasion'
Sunday April 22 2018 (2-5 pm)
SOAG's public Review of Archaeology, preceded by SOAG AGM (venue)
Followed by the SOAG end-of-year party.
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Summer visits
Visits are organised to places of archaeological and historical interest and are open to SOAG members and their guests. They are usually organised as private tours with the site experts as our guides. The tours are also social occasions for SOAGs often incorporating a pub lunch.
Summer visits 2017
Friday July 28 and Monday July 31:
Visit to pre-development archaeolgy at a prehsitorc site at Winterbrook, Wallingford.Summer visits 2018
(noy yet planned)
Other Events
See the SOAG calendar for a diary listing all SOAG happenings including fieldwork.