Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews
From: Gil Burleigh
Sent: Saturday, May 6, 2017 11:12 AM
To: dianeburleigh
Cc: grb
Subject: NHAS News & Events
Wednesday 28th June: Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews, newly-appointed North Herts Museum Curator, will give a talk on ‘Bygrave Past – the Archaeology of Bygrave parish’, at St. Margaret of Antioch parish church, Bygrave, off Ashwell Road, near Baldock, 7.30 for 8 pm. Entrance fee £5 per person, including a glass of wine, to raise money for church funds. St. Margaret of Antioch is a simple, undeveloped, Medieval church, isolated next to the remains of a moated manorial enclosure. In 1993 the former N. Hertfordshire Museums Field Archaeology team carried out salvage recording following the lowering of the church floor. Several former floor surfaces were identified, the earliest suggesting a Saxon origin for the church. There was evidence too suggesting that the church lies over a Roman site. The parish landscape contains a wealth of Prehistoric and Roman remains.
Saturday 1st July: Hitchin Historical Society’s History Day, organised by Dr. Gerry Tidy. Our Society has taken a stall so we require volunteers to man it, please (details attached).
Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th July: Volunteer diggers, recorders, finds washers, supporters required for archaeological test pitting in Codicote village. Nicholas Maddex, Chairman of the Codicote Local History Society, has written to me saying,
“Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews is directing us in this project on Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th July at various sites around the village. We would welcome support from volunteers from outside the parish. While we have yet to confirm a start time, I would suggest that we aim to meet outside the Goat Inn, 77 High Street, Codicote SG4 8XE, our headquarters for the day, at 9 a.m. If volunteers can please let me know they are coming on this email address, I can revise this if necessary”.nkmaddex
Sunday 16th July: Our Field Trip this year will be to West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and Grimes Graves Neolithic Flint Mines (details attached). So far we have half-filled the 48-seater coach with NHAS members. Members of other societies and groups are more than welcome to help fill the remaining seats (poster attached).
Current exhibitions and displays
Museum of London Docklands
The most complete range of archaeological objects unearthed by Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure project, will go on display alongside the story of this great feat of engineering in a major new exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, E14 4AL.
The construction of London’s newest railway, which will be known as the Elizabeth line when services begin in 2018, has given archaeologists a unique chance to explore some of the city’s most historically important sites. Since work began in 2009, the project has undertaken one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever in the UK, with over 10,000 artefacts shining a light on almost every important period of the Capital’s history.
The wide variety of items on display will explore 8,000 years of human history, revealing the stories of Londoners ranging from Mesolithic tool makers and inhabitants of Roman Londinium to those affected by the Great Plague of 1665.
These finds were discovered in locations as diverse as suburban Abbey Wood in the south east, through Canary Wharf, across to Liverpool Street, Tottenham Court Road and ending in Westbourne Park and Acton. The finds will sit against a backdrop telling the engineering story of the largest infrastructure project currently underway in Europe, with key facts and figures presented throughout.
Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail
-
- Discover objects spanning 8,000 years of human history unearthed by Crossrail.
Subscriptions
2017/18 Subscriptions become due on 1st June 2017. Please renew. The Society cannot continue to function without all members’ subscriptions. In particular, lecturers fees and expenses and hall hire have to come from subscriptions. Lack of sufficient income from subscriptions may result in fewer lectures. It’s up to us members.
Outstanding subscriptions may be paid in person at any meeting when membership cards can usually be issued also. Otherwise subscription cheques may be posted to Diane Burleigh, NHAS, 10 Cromwell Way, Pirton, Hitchin, Herts SG5 3RD.
Please note 2016/17 Membership cards are now available and may be collected at any of our lectures.
Adult £19, Family £24, Concessions (over 65, under 16), £10.
Non-members are welcome at any of our meetings. There will be a charge of £4 for entry.
Please renew your subscription otherwise you may be removed from our membership and circulation lists.
Thank you.
Details of an event tomorrow at the new North Hertfordshire Museum, Hitchin Town Hall, Brand St.
From: Jonty Wild
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 9:31 PM
To: Jonty Wild
Subject: FW: Herts at War Event – Tuesday 30th May 2017
Jonty Wild
Herts At War Project:
Roll of Honour Research Coordinator
jontywild
From: Jonty Wild [mailto:jontywild@pirton.org.uk]
Sent: 25 May 2017 11:31
Subject: Herts at War Event – Tuesday 30th May 2017
Here are details of a joint event with Hitchin Museum & Art Gallery.
Broad details are given in the poster below, but there are also opportunities to:
- Meet members of the HAWP Team.
- Find out more and influence the new phase of our project “A Digital Legacy”.
- Bring along your Great War artefacts or family collections for interpretation.
- Find out more about researching your relatives.
- Find out more about volunteer opportunities*1 to help the project, including: photography, exhibitions, examining contemporary newspapers, recording artefacts and collections, interpretation, research and the roll of honour.
*1Whether you have years of research experience or none, an hour a week to spare or can volunteer full-time, there is something for everyone!
Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th May: Test Pit in Ashwell. Sarah Talks has emailed seeking volunteers to help dig a test pit in the meadow between the church and mill (details attached).
Tuesday 16th May: Annual General Meeting. Our Field Officer will give a short preview of some of the revelations soon to be published in the British Museum Research Report, Dea Senuna: treasure, cult and ritual at Ashwell, Hertfordshire. Letchworth Free Church Hall, 8 pm. Wine and cheese, etc. £3 each (Notice of AGM attached).
There is another opportunity to learn about human skeletal remains using Iron Age and Romano-British inhumations excavated from Baldock under the expert tuition of Dr. David Klingle, Osteoarchaeologist, on a weekend course 17th – 18th June (details attached).
Hitchin Historical Society’s History Day will be on Saturday 1st July, organised by Dr. Gerry Tidy. Our Society has taken a stall so we require volunteers to man it, please (details attached).
Sunday 16th July. Our Field Trip this year will be to West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and Grimes Graves Neolithic Flint Mines (details attached).
Current exhibitions and displays
Museum of London Docklands
The most complete range of archaeological objects unearthed by Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure project, will go on display alongside the story of this great feat of engineering in a major new exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, E14 4AL.
The construction of London’s newest railway, which will be known as the Elizabeth line when services begin in 2018, has given archaeologists a unique chance to explore some of the city’s most historically important sites. Since work began in 2009, the project has undertaken one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever in the UK, with over 10,000 artefacts shining a light on almost every important period of the Capital’s history.
The wide variety of items on display will explore 8,000 years of human history, revealing the stories of Londoners ranging from Mesolithic tool makers and inhabitants of Roman Londinium to those affected by the Great Plague of 1665.
These finds were discovered in locations as diverse as suburban Abbey Wood in the south east, through Canary Wharf, across to Liverpool Street, Tottenham Court Road and ending in Westbourne Park and Acton. The finds will sit against a backdrop telling the engineering story of the largest infrastructure project currently underway in Europe, with key facts and figures presented throughout.
-
Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail
-
- Discover objects spanning 8,000 years of human history unearthed by Crossrail.
Subscriptions
2017/18 Subscriptions become due on 1st June 2017. Please renew. The Society cannot continue to function without all members’ subscriptions. In particular, lecturers fees and expenses and hall hire have to come from subscriptions. Lack of sufficient income from subscriptions may result in fewer lectures. It’s up to us members.
Outstanding subscriptions may be paid in person at any meeting when membership cards can usually be issued also. Otherwise subscription cheques may be posted to Diane Burleigh, NHAS, 10 Cromwell Way, Pirton, Hitchin, Herts SG5 3RD.
Please note 2016/17 Membership cards are now available and may be collected at any of our lectures.
Adult £19, Family £24, Concessions (over 65, under 16), £10.
Non-members are welcome at any of our meetings. There will be a charge of £4 for entry.
Please renew your subscription otherwise you may be removed from our membership and circulation lists.
Thank you.
osteoarchaeological workshop 17th-18th June 2017.pdf
osteoarch course booking form.doc
Hitchin Historical Society – History Day 2017.docx
From: ELIZABETH HUNTER
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 5:28 PM
To: Diane Burliegh
Cc: Gil Burleigh ; Lesley Blundell
Subject: NHAS: Field Excursion, July 16th, 2017
Di and everyone
I attach the Invitation sheet and Booking Form for the above excursion. I shall bring c. 15 copies to the meeting this evening.
Gil: please add it to our website, as soon as you can. Thank you.
Liz
Monday 24th April: Richard Mortimer, Senior Archaeologist (Oxford Archaeology East) – ‘Middle Saxon Village Development in Cambridgeshire and the -ham/-ton Divide’. Baldock Community Centre, Simpson Drive, off High St, SG7 6DH, 8 pm.
Tuesday 16th May: Annual General Meeting. Our Field Officer will give us a short preview of some of the revelations soon to be published in the British Museum Research Report, Dea Senuna: treasure, cult and ritual at Ashwell, Hertfordshire. Letchworth Free Church hall, 8 pm. Wine and cheese, etc. £3 each.
Our Member, Daniel Phillips, has kindly written to notify us of the independent archaeological pressure group RESCUE’s AGM in Salford on Saturday 29th April, and to remind us of some of the pressing issues currently facing archaeology and the heritage sector. Do read what he has to say and follow the links he helpfully provides (attached).
Also, on 29th April is the AGM of the East Herts Archaeological Soc. when they’ll have a talk on the Must Farm Bronze Age settlement (poster attached – in case of difficulty, open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Ros Allwood, NHDC Cultural Services Manager, has kindly written to us with good news (at last) about the opening of the new North Hertfordshire Museum in Hitchin (attached).
There is another opportunity to learn about human skeletal remains using inhumations excavated from Baldock under the expert tuition of Dr. David Klingle, Osteoarchaeologist, on a weekend course 17th – 18th June (details attached).
Hitchin Historical Society’s History Day will be on Saturday 1st July, organised by Dr. Gerry Tidy. Our Society has taken a stall so we require volunteers to man it, please (details attached).
Current exhibitions and displays
Museum of London Docklands
The most complete range of archaeological objects unearthed by Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure project, will go on display alongside the story of this great feat of engineering in a major new exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, E14 4AL.
The construction of London’s newest railway, which will be known as the Elizabeth line when services begin in 2018, has given archaeologists a unique chance to explore some of the city’s most historically important sites. Since work began in 2009, the project has undertaken one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever in the UK, with over 10,000 artefacts shining a light on almost every important period of the Capital’s history.
The wide variety of items on display will explore 8,000 years of human history, revealing the stories of Londoners ranging from Mesolithic tool makers and inhabitants of Roman Londinium to those affected by the Great Plague of 1665.
These finds were discovered in locations as diverse as suburban Abbey Wood in the south east, through Canary Wharf, across to Liverpool Street, Tottenham Court Road and ending in Westbourne Park and Acton. The finds will sit against a backdrop telling the engineering story of the largest infrastructure project currently underway in Europe, with key facts and figures presented throughout.
-
Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail
-
- Discover objects spanning 8,000 years of human history unearthed by Crossrail.
Subscriptions
2016/17 Subscriptions became due on 1st June 2016. Please renew now. The Society cannot continue to function without all members’ subscriptions. In particular, lecturers fees and expenses and hall hire have to come from subscriptions. Lack of sufficient income from subscriptions may result in fewer lectures. It’s up to us members.
Outstanding subscriptions may be paid in person at any meeting when membership cards can usually be issued also. Otherwise subscription cheques may be posted to Diane Burleigh, NHAS, 10 Cromwell Way, Pirton, Hitchin, Herts SG5 3RD.
Please note 2016/17 Membership cards are now available and may be collected at any of our lectures.
Adult £19, Family £24, Concessions (over 65, under 16), £10.
Non-members are welcome at any of our meetings. There will be a charge of £4 for entry.
Please renew your subscription otherwise you may be removed from our membership and circulation lists.
Thank you.
osteoarchaeological workshop 17th-18th June 2017.pdf
This time with the attachments I forgot!
From: Gil Burleigh
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 11:17 AM
To: dianeburleigh
Cc: grb
Subject: NHAS News & Events
Tuesday 21st March: ‘Ablutions and Absolutions: a dip into the recent files of the Heritage Network’, David Hillelson, Managing Director, The Heritage Network Ltd, Letchworth Free Church Hall, 8 pm. David, who last gave us a talk in February 2013, will talk about some subsequent fieldwork projects by his organisation.
Monday 24th April: Richard Mortimer, Senior Archaeologist (Oxford Archaeology East) – ‘Middle Saxon Village Development in Cambridgeshire and the -ham/-ton Divide’. Venue to be arranged.
Tuesday 16th May: Annual General Meeting. Letchworth Free Church hall, 8 pm.
Current exhibitions and displays
Museum of London Docklands
The most complete range of archaeological objects unearthed by Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure project, will go on display alongside the story of this great feat of engineering in a major new exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, E14 4AL.
The construction of London’s newest railway, which will be known as the Elizabeth line when services begin in 2018, has given archaeologists a unique chance to explore some of the city’s most historically important sites. Since work began in 2009, the project has undertaken one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever in the UK, with over 10,000 artefacts shining a light on almost every important period of the Capital’s history.
The wide variety of items on display will explore 8,000 years of human history, revealing the stories of Londoners ranging from Mesolithic tool makers and inhabitants of Roman Londinium to those affected by the Great Plague of 1665.
These finds were discovered in locations as diverse as suburban Abbey Wood in the south east, through Canary Wharf, across to Liverpool Street, Tottenham Court Road and ending in Westbourne Park and Acton. The finds will sit against a backdrop telling the engineering story of the largest infrastructure project currently underway in Europe, with key facts and figures presented throughout.
-
Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail
-
- Discover objects spanning 8,000 years of human history unearthed by Crossrail.
Subscriptions
2016/17 Subscriptions became due on 1st June 2016. Please renew now. The Society cannot continue to function without all members’ subscriptions. In particular, lecturers fees and expenses and hall hire have to come from subscriptions. Lack of sufficient income from subscriptions may result in fewer lectures. It’s up to us members.
Outstanding subscriptions may be paid in person at any meeting when membership cards can usually be issued also. Otherwise subscription cheques may be posted to Diane Burleigh, NHAS, 10 Cromwell Way, Pirton, Hitchin, Herts SG5 3RD.
Please note 2016/17 Membership cards are now available and may be collected at any of our lectures.
Adult £19, Family £24, Concessions (over 65, under 16), £10.
Non-members are welcome at any of our meetings. There will be a charge of £4 for entry.
Please renew your subscription otherwise you may be removed from our membership and circulation lists.
Thank you.
BedsArchRev.Haynes 2017 programme and map.pdf
osteoarch course booking form.doc
Tuesday 21st March: ‘Ablutions and Absolutions: a dip into the recent files of the Heritage Network’, David Hillelson, Managing Director, The Heritage Network Ltd, Letchworth Free Church Hall, 8 pm. David, who last gave us a talk in February 2013, will talk about some subsequent fieldwork projects by his organisation.
Monday 24th April: Richard Mortimer, Senior Archaeologist (Oxford Archaeology East) – ‘Middle Saxon Village Development in Cambridgeshire and the -ham/-ton Divide’. Venue to be arranged.
Tuesday 16th May: Annual General Meeting. Letchworth Free Church hall, 8 pm.
Current exhibitions and displays
Museum of London Docklands
The most complete range of archaeological objects unearthed by Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure project, will go on display alongside the story of this great feat of engineering in a major new exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, E14 4AL.
The construction of London’s newest railway, which will be known as the Elizabeth line when services begin in 2018, has given archaeologists a unique chance to explore some of the city’s most historically important sites. Since work began in 2009, the project has undertaken one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever in the UK, with over 10,000 artefacts shining a light on almost every important period of the Capital’s history.
The wide variety of items on display will explore 8,000 years of human history, revealing the stories of Londoners ranging from Mesolithic tool makers and inhabitants of Roman Londinium to those affected by the Great Plague of 1665.
These finds were discovered in locations as diverse as suburban Abbey Wood in the south east, through Canary Wharf, across to Liverpool Street, Tottenham Court Road and ending in Westbourne Park and Acton. The finds will sit against a backdrop telling the engineering story of the largest infrastructure project currently underway in Europe, with key facts and figures presented throughout.
-
Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail
-
- Discover objects spanning 8,000 years of human history unearthed by Crossrail.
Subscriptions
2016/17 Subscriptions became due on 1st June 2016. Please renew now. The Society cannot continue to function without all members’ subscriptions. In particular, lecturers fees and expenses and hall hire have to come from subscriptions. Lack of sufficient income from subscriptions may result in fewer lectures. It’s up to us members.
Outstanding subscriptions may be paid in person at any meeting when membership cards can usually be issued also. Otherwise subscription cheques may be posted to Diane Burleigh, NHAS, 10 Cromwell Way, Pirton, Hitchin, Herts SG5 3RD.
Please note 2016/17 Membership cards are now available and may be collected at any of our lectures.
Adult £19, Family £24, Concessions (over 65, under 16), £10.
Non-members are welcome at any of our meetings. There will be a charge of £4 for entry.
Please renew your subscription otherwise you may be removed from our membership and circulation lists.
Thank you.
Tuesday 21st February 2017: ‘Recent fieldwork at the Royal Woolwich Arsenal’, Mark Stevenson, Archaeological Planning Adviser, Historic England. Letchworth Free Church hall, Gernon Rd/Norton Way South, 8 pm.
Friday 24th February 2017: Kris Lockyear of Welwyn Archaeological Society writes: “We have Tom Williamson coming to talk to WAS on Friday 24th. Tom is Professor of Landscape History at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, and author of a great many books. He wrote “The Origins of Hertfordshire” which was published in two editions, as well as co-authoring the Landscape of Hertfordshire with Anne Rowe, and Dury and Andrews’ Map of Hertfordshire by Andrew Macnair, Anne Rowe and Tom. He will be speaking on “Reading Hertfordshire’s Landscape: Dury and Andrews and beyond.” I attach a poster.
The University of Hertfordshire Press will be there selling Tom’s books (and others I guess).”
Tuesday 21st March: ‘Ablutions and Absolutions: a dip into the recent files of the Heritage Network’, David Hillelson, Managing Director, The Heritage Network Ltd. Letchworth Free Church Hall, 8pm. David, who last gave us a talk in February 2013, will talk about some subsequent fieldwork projects by his organisation.
Monday 24th April: Richard Mortimer, Senior Archaeologist (Oxford Archaeology East) – ‘Middle Saxon Village Development in Cambridgeshire and the -ham/-ton Divide’. Venue to be arranged.
Tuesday 16th May: Annual General Meeting. Letchworth Free Church hall, 8 pm.
Exhibitions:
10 February – 3 September 2017
Museum of London Docklands
Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail
Discover objects spanning 8,000 years of human history unearthed by Crossrail.
Exhibition
For: Anyone
Min age: No minimum
Entry: Free
Roman iron horse shoes or hipposandals
Found near to Liverpool Street Station in the City of London © Crossrail/MOLA.
Tudor bowling ball
A wooden bowling ball found at the site of the Tudor King John’s Court manor house in Stepney Green © Crossrail/MOLA.
Medieval animal bone skate
Found near Liverpool Street Station in the City of London © Crossrail/MOLA.
Ginger jars
One of the thousands of vessels found near Tottenham Court Road station at the Crosse & Blackwell bottling factory, late 19th century © Crossrail/MOLA.
Human remains
Three skeletons will be on display, including one of those found in a mass grave at the Bedlam burial ground. aDNA showed this individual died of the Plague © Crossrail.
The most complete range of archaeological objects unearthed by Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure project, will go on display alongside the story of this great feat of engineering in a major new exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, E14 4AL.
The construction of London’s newest railway, which will be known as the Elizabeth line when services begin in 2018, has given archaeologists a unique chance to explore some of the city’s most historically important sites. Since work began in 2009, the project has undertaken one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever in the UK, with over 10,000 artefacts shining a light on almost every important period of the Capital’s history.
The wide variety of items on display will explore 8,000 years of human history, revealing the stories of Londoners ranging from Mesolithic tool makers and inhabitants of Roman Londinium to those affected by the Great Plague of 1665.
These finds were discovered in locations as diverse as suburban Abbey Wood in the south east, through Canary Wharf, across to Liverpool Street, Tottenham Court Road and ending in Westbourne Park and Acton. The finds will sit against a backdrop telling the engineering story of the largest infrastructure project currently underway in Europe, with key facts and figures presented throughout.
Tweet us your thoughts to @MuseumofLondon with the hashtag #TunnelArchaeology.
The British Museum – ends 26th February 2017
TSouth Africa
the art of a nation
27 October 2016 – 26 February
Discover the history of South Africa through an incredible 100,000 years of art.
Your journey starts with examples of some of the earliest examples of human creativity – from rock art to perhaps the world’s oldest necklace. From there, be amazed by 800-year-old gold treasures from the kingdom of Mapungubwe, be moved by powerful anti-apartheid pieces, and be inspired by cutting-edge contemporary works. See the history of a nation from a new perspective and celebrate the diverse art created by the many people who have helped shape South Africa’s story.
Subscriptions
2016/17 Subscriptions became due on 1st June 2016. Please renew now. The Society cannot continue to function without all members’ subscriptions. In particular, lecturers fees and expenses and hall hire have to come from subscriptions. Lack of sufficient income from subscriptions may result in fewer lectures. It’s up to us members.
Outstanding subscriptions may be paid in person at any meeting when membership cards can usually be issued also. Otherwise subscription cheques may be posted to Diane Burleigh, NHAS, 10 Cromwell Way, Pirton, Hitchin, Herts SG5 3RD.
Please note 2016/17 Membership cards are now available and may be collected at any of our lectures.
Adult £19, Family £24, Concessions (over 65, under 16), £10.
Non-members are welcome at any of our meetings. There will be a charge of £4 for entry.
Please renew your subscription otherwise you may be removed from our membership and circulation lists.
Thank you.
Tuesday 31st January 2017, Lucas Room, North Hertfordshire Museum, Brand St, Hitchin, 8 pm: Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews, NHDC Archaeology Officer, will give a talk on “Odd pots and foreigners: forgetting Romanitas, becoming Angelcynn”.
Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th February 2017: Osteoarchaeology course to be led by Dr. David Klingle, Osteoarchaeologist, at North Hertfordshire Museum, Town Hall, Brand St, Hitchin. Learn how to identify, record, analyse and interpret human bones, using specimens from excavations at Baldock. Details attached.
Subscriptions
2016/17 Subscriptions became due on 1st June 2016. Please renew now. The Society cannot continue to function without all members’ subscriptions. In particular, lecturers fees and expenses and hall hire have to come from subscriptions. Lack of sufficient income from subscriptions may result in fewer lectures. It’s up to us members.
Outstanding subscriptions may be paid in person at any meeting when membership cards can usually be issued also. Otherwise subscription cheques may be posted to Diane Burleigh, NHAS, 10 Cromwell Way, Pirton, Hitchin, Herts SG5 3RD.
Please note 2016/17 Membership cards are now available and may be collected at any of our lectures.
Adult £19, Family £24, Concessions (over 65, under 16), £10.
Non-members are welcome at any of our meetings. There will be a charge of £4 for entry.
Please renew your subscription otherwise you may be removed from our membership and circulation lists.
Thank you.
osteoarchaeological workshop 4th-5th February 2017.pdf
From: Gil Burleigh
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 4:34 PM
To: dianeburleigh
Cc: grb
Subject: NHAS News & Events
Tuesday 6th December: Members’ Christmas evening at Letchworth Free Church small hall, 8pm. Our Field Officer will give a talk on “A Sacred Landscape around Iron Age and Romano-British Baldock: an aerial perspective”. Wine, cheese, soft drinks, & nibbles, £3 per person.
Sunday 11th December: Pirton Bury Trust is looking for volunteers required Sunday 11th December 9.30 am – 12.30 pm to cut and clear brambles, saplings and undergrowth from the top and sides of Toot Hill, the Medieval castle mound, a Scheduled Monument. Please bring your own tools: brush cutters, chain and bow or other saws, shears, pruning cutters, rakes, etc.
Tuesday 31st January 2017, Lucas Room, North Hertfordshire Museum, Brand St, Hitchin, 8 pm: Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews, NHDC Archaeology Officer, will give a talk on “Odd pots and foreigners: forgetting Romanitas, becoming Angelcynn”.
Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th February 2017: Osteoarchaeology course to be led by Dr. David Klingle, Osteoarchaeologist, at North Hertfordshire Museum, Town Hall, Brand St, Hitchin. Learn how to identify, record, analyse and interpret human bones, using specimens from excavations at Baldock. Details attached.
Stop press: Dea Senuna: treasure, cult and ritual at Ashwell, Hertfordshire – main authors Ralph Jackson and Gilbert Burleigh – will be published by The British Museum as a Research Report in June 2017.
Subscriptions
2016/17 Subscriptions became due on 1st June 2016. Please renew now. The Society cannot continue to function without all members’ subscriptions. In particular, lecturers fees and expenses and hall hire have to come from subscriptions. Lack of sufficient income from subscriptions may result in fewer lectures. It’s up to us members.
Outstanding subscriptions may be paid in person at any meeting when membership cards can usually be issued also. Otherwise subscription cheques may be posted to Diane Burleigh, NHAS, 10 Cromwell Way, Pirton, Hitchin, Herts SG5 3RD.
Please note 2016/17 Membership cards are now available and may be collected at any of our lectures.
Adult £19, Family £24, Concessions (over 65, under 16), £10.
Non-members are welcome at any of our meetings. There will be a charge of £4 for entry.
Please renew your subscription otherwise you may be removed from our membership and circulation lists.
Thank you.
New N Herts Museum letter to Comet.docx