DEVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Registered Charity No. 276865 and PLYMOUTH AND DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY present ARCHAEOLOGY IN DEVON Saturday May 9th 2015, 10.00 – 17.15 at The Plymouth Athenaeum, Derry’s Cross, Plymouth PL1 2SW The day will provide an overview of work across the county ranging from prehistoric sites through landscape studies to industrial archaeology. The cost is £17 for members of the two sponsoring societies and the Cornwall Archaeological Society, otherwise £19. This includes coffee and tea but not lunch. Lunch can be bought at several venues near the Athenaeum, or a packed lunch may be eaten in the building. There will be bookstalls and othe exhibitions. Places are limited so bookings should be made to the address below as soon as possible and by May 2nd. Parking at nearby Plymouth car parks (www.plymouth.gov.uk/carparks) can be expensive. For details of the Athenaeum location see www.plymouthathenaeum.co.uk. The railway station is a 20 minute walk, the bus station rather closer. Park and ride provides good access (www.plymouth.gov.uk/parkandride) but about an hour should be allowed for this. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. To: Mr and Mrs N Bray, 5 Hayne Close, Tipton St John, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 0BA (email: [email protected] ) Please book……..places (members) at £17 and…….places (non-members) at £19 for Archaeology in Devon 2015. Cheque payable to Devon Archaeological Society for £……. enclosed: include an sae if you wish for acknowledgment of your booking . Name………………………………………………Member …………………………Society Name……………………………………………....Member …………………………Society Name………………………………………………Member …………………………Society Contact email……………………………………………tel no……………………… PTO Provisional programme Programme may be subject to change 10 am Registration and coffee 10.30 Welcome: Paul Bidwell, President Devon Archaeological Society 10.40-11.10 Investigations at Ventiford Basin on the Stover Canal. Phil Newman (Freelance Archaeological Investigator) 11.10-11.40 The Emmett’s Post barrow excavations 2014. Olaf Bayer (Oxford Archaeology) 11.40-11.50 Break 11.50-12.20 Excavations at Hill Barton, Exeter: prehistoric and Roman period activity. Laurie Coleman (Cotswold Archaeology) 12.20 -12.50 ‘Something old under the sun’: archaeological geophysical survey and evaluation in South Devon. Bill Horner and Graham Tait (Devon County Council) 12.50-2.00 Lunch Break 2.00-2.30 The Exmoor Mires Project 2011-2015, Archaeology and Peatland Conservation. Lee Bray (Exmoor National Park) 2.30-3.00 The discovery and excavation of the Seaton Down Roman coin hoard. Tom Cadbury (RAM Museum, Exeter) 3.00-3.30 Tea 3.30- 4.00 Further excavation of a Naval Cemetery at The Crescent, Plymouth. Alex Farnell (AC Archaeology) 4.00- 4.45 Fifty years on: the post-medieval pottery from Castle Street, Plymouth and its international context. John Allan (Exeter Cathedral Archaeologist) 4.45-5.15 Questions, discussion and concluding remarks ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. Name(s) of participant not members of these Societies ……………………………………………………………………………………… Address of person making the booking ……………………………............................................................................................ ………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………
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