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The Heritage Action Megameet has had a patchy history in recent years. This has been due to several factors; the geographic spread of our members, the inability to agree on a suitable date for everyone, family and health issues, and more. However, with the recent loss of our previous chairman Nigel Swift, it has been decided that we should all make an extra effort to get together in his honour and hold a mega-Megameet!
Following discussions and a poll in the Megameet Facebook group, a date has now been agreed upon, and it is our hope that many ‘modern antiquarians’ will gather in Avebury stone circle in Nigel’s memory on August 17th this year.
As with previous meets, the plan is to assemble in the NE quadrant near the Cove for a shared picnic in the hour or so before midday. Expect lots of friendly chat about ‘big old rocks’, landscape ‘lumps and bumps’ and associated topics, as well as many stories and memories of Nigel and the origins of Heritage Action and the Heritage Journal. There will also be the traditional ‘book swap’ as part of the day, so bring along any heritage/archaeology books you may no longer require.
If the weather is inclement, we shall assemble instead in the Red Lion – although I expect we’ll end up in there for a toast to Nigel at some point regardless of the weather!!
All readers of the Heritage Journal are cordially invited, and we hope to see as many of you as possible there on the day.
A new exhibition has recently opened at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes. It features ongoing work by long-time friend of the Heritage Journal Anna Dillon, and Hedley Thorne. It features various views of Wiltshire ‘from the air’, via Anna’s art, Hedley’s drone shots. An accompanying book has been written by Anna’s father, Patrick.
This is Anna and Hedley’s second ‘Airscapes’ exhibition. The first, at Radley College in 2021, showcased Oxfordshire and Berkshire landscapes. The Wiltshire work continues Hedley and Anna’s ongoing project of exploring aerial landscapes. For this exhibition they are joined by Anna’s father, Patrick Dillon, who has written the exhibition book, along with contributing a small display of artefacts and documents.
One of our members attended the opening of the exhibition, and described it as ‘fantastic, a must see’. Related events include a series of walks around the landscapes featured, and a lecture.
Further details on the exhibition, opening times and costs can be found on the museum website. The exhibition runs until 15th October this year.
After a pandemic-induced hiatus, the ever-popular Pathways to the Past event held by the Cornish Ancient Sites Protection Network (CASPN) returns next month.
The confirmed timetable for this year’s event is as follows:
Saturday May 28th:
- 10.00-12.30pm A New Bosiliack Trail Guided Walk, visiting Bosiliack settlement, Lanyon & West Lanyon Quoits.
- 2.00-5.00pm Where The Spirits Dwell, a guided walk visiting Zennor Quoit, Sperris Quoit and Sperris settlement. (small charge)
- 7.30-9.00pm Investigating Archaeology & Astronomy at The Hurlers, an illustrated talk with archaeologist Jackie Nowakowski & Carolyn Kennett looking back at the excavations.
Sunday May 29th:
- 11.00-12.30pm From Prehistory to Present – the remarkable story of ‘King Arthur’s Tombstone’. Archaeologist Ann Preston-Jones tells an intriguing story about the site at Slaughterbridge.
- 2.00-5.00pm A Megalithic Meander in the Shadow of Carn Galva, a guided walk visiting barrows, a circle, an entrance grave and a menhir.
- 7.30-9.00pm King Arthur in Cornish folklore. A talk by folklorist Steve Patterson, looking at how Arthur has appeared in myth, history, literature, mysticism and popular culture.
All events are free to CASPN members. All walks (for CASPN members only) have to be booked in advance, as places are limited (and going fast!) The three talks, which will be held at the Old Town Hall, St Just TR19 7HT are also open to the public @ £5 each. Full details, including how to become a member, can be found on the CASPN web site.
All things being equal and Covid mutations allowing, the Cornish Ancient Sites Protection Network (CASPN) will once again be holding their popular Pathways To The Past event over the late May Bank Holiday weekend (28-29 May 2022).
The event consists of a series of walks and talks over the two days. All events are free to CASPN members. The walks are restricted to members, and have to be booked in advance, but talks are open to non-members, for whom an entry charge of £5 is applicable.
We’ll be detailing the individual walks and talks planned for this year in a future post, so keep watching this space!
In addition to Pathways To The Past, CASPN hold regular monthly clean-up events at various sites, and are always looking for more volunteer Site Monitors to keep a regular eye on a selection of the many sites in the Penwith area.
Details of how to join CASPN and get involved in their activities throughout the year are available on their website.
Amesbury’s mid-winter lantern procession will take place on Monday 20th December 2021. As in previous years, the procession will start at 5.15pm in the central car park and make its way to find the Solstice lantern which will have been lit at Stonehenge and placed in the grounds of Amesbury Abbey near the spring. Along the route, and with thanks to the Cornelius Reid family, there will be mulled wine, mince pies, and sweets for those taking part.
Places will be limited, if you wish to join in, you MUST register first with your name, postcode, and contact details at Amesbury Filling station. If you require a lantern (no naked flames or searchlights allowed) there will be some for sale at the garage and in other stores where the poster is on display.
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Despite the pandemic this year, there has been a lot of activity in the archaeological world and now it’s time to decide who gets your vote in this year’s Current Archaeology Awards, which celebrate both the projects and publications that have made the pages of Current Archaeology magazine over the last 12 months, and the people judged to have made outstanding contributions to archaeology.
As always, there are four categories to vote in, and winners are decided purely on the number of public votes received. Click the following links to see the nominees in each category:
We’ve cast our vote, and now it’s time to cast yours, so peruse the nominees and make your choice.
Voting closes on 8 February 2021, and the winners will be announced at the special awards ceremony on 26 February at Current Archaeology Live! 2021. Although ongoing Covid restrictions mean that the conference will in all likelihood not be following the usual format this year, options are currently being explored by the conference team for this year’s event – for the latest details, see the conference web page.
The Current Archaeology Live conference took place over the weekend. Sadly I was unable to attend once again this year but true to form, the award winners were announced during the Friday evening reception.
The winners in the various categories were as follows:
Archaeologist of the Year (sponsored by Andante Travels): Alison Sheridan
Research Project of the Year (sponsored by Export & General Insurance Services Ltd): ‘Life beside the lake: opening a window on the Mesolithic at Star Carr‘, University of York/University of Newcastle/University of Chester.
Rescue Project of the Year (sponsored by Oxbow Books): ‘Roman Writing on the Wall: recording inscriptions at a Hadrian’s Wall quarry’, University of Newcastle/Historic England.
Book of the Year (sponsored by Butser Ancient Farm): ‘Life and death in the countryside of Roman Britain’, by A Smith, M Allen, T Brindle, M Fulford, L Lodwick, and A Rohnbogner.
The winner of the World Archaeology Photo Competition, sponsored by HiddenHistory and judged and presented by Adam Stanford of AerialCam, was Gavin McGuire.
Our hearty congratulations go out to all the winners with commiserations to all the nominees who came so close.
Putting all thoughts of the General election to one side for a moment (regardless of your politics), it’s time to decide who gets your vote in this year’s Current Archaeology Awards which celebrate both the projects and publications that have made the pages of Current Archaeology magazine over the 12 months, and the people judged to have made outstanding contributions to archaeology.
These awards are voted for entirely by the public – there are no panels of judges – so we encourage you to get involved and choose the project, publications, and people you would like to win.
As always, there are four categories to vote in, and winners are decided purely on the number of public votes received. Click the following links to see the nominees in each category:
We have checked all the nominees and have cast our votes. Now it’s your turn! Once you have made your choices, click here to cast your votes!
Voting closes on 10 February 2020, and the winners will be announced at the special awards ceremony on 28 February at Current Archaeology Live! 2020. Entry to the awards reception is included as part of the ticket for CA Live! – for more details, click here.
Once again, it’s time to decide who gets your vote in this year’s Current Archaeology Awards, which celebrate both the projects and publications that have made the pages of Current Archaeology magazine over the 12 months, and the people judged to have made outstanding contributions to archaeology.
As always, there are four categories to vote in, and winners are decided purely on the number of public votes received. Click the following links to see the nominees in each category:
We were pleased to see the Megalithic Portal‘s book, The Old Stones has been nominated for this year’s Book of the Year, and have cast our vote in that category accordingly.
Voting closes on 11 February 2019, and the winners will be announced at the special awards ceremony on 8 March at Current Archaeology Live! 2019. Entry to the awards reception is included as part of the ticket for CA Live! – for more details, see the conference web page.
As autumn draws to a close, and winter moves in, so the archaeological world moves indoors and the lecture and conference season begins.
One weekend at the start of next month looks to be quite busy and a popular date for one-day conferences.
Saturday November 10th sees several lecture events around the country.
Firstly, at St Fagan’s National Museum of History near Cardiff, there is an event; Archaeology in the Severn Estuary. Tickets and Agenda are available on the Eventbrite website.
Meanwhile, in Truro, The Cornwall Archaeology Society is holding a symposium on the same day; Archaeology in Cornwall. Tickets and programme available from the society web site
Across country in Surrey, the CBA South East are holding their AGM and Conference in Chertsey, with a range of talks themed around Structured Deposits.
Much further north in Stirling is Scotland’s Community Heritage Conference, again bookable via EventBrite.
Meanwhile, in Norwich the Prehistoric Society is co-hosting a lecture with the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society; Living with Monuments: settlement, monumentality, and landscape in the Neolithic.
And finally, in Devizes the Wiltshire Museum are presenting a lecture; the Scandinavian Flint Axe Type in Britain by Dr. Katharine Walker, discussing the connections between Scandinavia and the British Isles in the Neolithic period.
I’ll be at the Truro event, which one are you going to?
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