On the 21st and 22nd of March we have re-scheduled the Dartmoor Long Barrow walk that was deferred from last year due to excessive bracken growth. Although potentially colder, at least we should be able to see the monuments!

By Dr Jacqueline Cahill Wilson, who is Principal Investigator for the LIARI (Late Iron Age and Roman Ireland) Project, which is researching the extent of Ireland’s relationship with Rome.  Leaving Ireland in 1989, Dr Wilson worked in Higher Education funding and later graduated at the University of Bristol where she is now a Research Fellow after completing  her doctorate there in 2010.  She has lectured extensively on topics that include the Iron Age in western Europe and the archaeology of…

Situated just below the tide line on Guernsey’s west coast is a curious stone feature, first noticed by a local man in 1996.  A photo appeared in a new book a few years later which was when we followed it up and surveyed the site.  An evaluation report was subsequently submitted by us to the Guernsey States archaeologist with a recommendation to do further work.  This was agreed and now the club will conduct an excavation this June 2014.  We…

Our next Lansdown Lecture will held on the 24th September and delivered by Dr Thomas Kador of the University of Bristol. More details to follow soon.