Programme of Lectures
We usually 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). Members: Free. Visitors: £3.
Dates for the 2011-12 season are as follows:
- Thursday Sept 22 2011
Lecture by Dr Mary Lewis (University of Reading)
Title: 'Death of a traitor? The case of a hanged, drawn and quartered skeleton from Hulton Abbey, Staffordshire' (A4 poster - pdf) - Thursday Oct 27
2011
Lecture by Dr Hella Eckardt (University of Reading)
Title: 'Foreigners in Roman Cities. A Long Way from Home: Diaspora Communities in Roman Britain'. (A4 poster - pdf) - Thursday Nov 24 2011
Lecture by Gary Marshall, (National Trust)
Title: 'Buildings, Gardens and Landscapes: Archaeology and Restoration in the National Trust'. - Thursday Jan 26
2012
Lecture by Dr Gill Hey, Oxford Archaeology
Title: 'Being Neolithic in the Upper Thames Valley: recent work and new perspectives'. (A4 poster - pdf) - Thursday Feb 23
2012
Lecture by Prof Helena Hamerow, (Oxford University,School of Archaeology
Title: 'An Anglo-Saxon royal vill at Sutton Courtenay/Drayton'. (A4 poster - pdf) - Thursday Mar 22
2012
Lecture by Tim Allen, (Oxford Archaeology)
Title: 'A road through the Past: prehistoric, Roman and medieval discoveries on the A2 in North West Kent '. (A4 poster - pdf) -
Sunday April 22 2012
2 – 5pm: SOAG 43rd AGM followed by 'Review of SOAG Archaeology 2011-12'
An A4 poster advertising these lectures is available here. SOAG members and others are invited to assist SOAG publicity by printing this poster and displaying it in suitable locations.
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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. To find out more email: events@soagarch.org.uk.
Two visits took place in 2011:
Wallingford Castle (June 25 2011)
A private guided tour of the grounds of the extensive grounds of the castle which dates from 1066, guided by Judith Dewey from TWHAS.
Marcham-Frilford (July 15th 2011)
A private guided tour of the excavations by the University of Oxford's School of Archaeology at this famous Iron Age and Romano-British site. This is the last year of a 10-year dig at this site.