Welcome to the Clifton Antiquarian Club Website

Clifton Antiquarian Club is based in Bristol, although members are distributed across the southern half of England and Wales. We seek to promote a better understanding of our archaeological heritage and meet on several occasions during the year for lectures, tours and research projects. Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries or are interested in getting involved.

Announcements

The Clifton Antiquarian Club Summer Day Trip, Tuesday 7th July

Not to be missed! The 2009 summer trip will be to the Oxford Radio Carbon Accelerator unit as well as some other interesting sites on the way. Go to the Events page for further details.

Festival of British Archaeology at Stanton Drew, Sat 25 July 11.00 to 16.00

Activities include Geo-physical survey, storytelling, hands-on activities, family fun, trails and a flint-knapping demonstration.

The Clifton Antiquarian Club Summer Lecture July 18th with Dr Michael Costen

We are pleased to announce that the summer lecture by Michael Costen will take place on Saturday July 18th. Go to the Events page for further details.

The Rhossili Down Project Moves On

As part of the fieldwork, members of the Clifton Antiquarian Club will be undertaking a series of environmental sampling strategies, mainly around the eastern side of the Down where there are possibly deep peat deposits. These deposits will be analysed for their pollen content and thus give an insight to what the landscape may have looked like in prehistory. If the cores samples are exceptionally good, it is hoped that several radiocarbon dates can be made in order to tie down the chronology of the site. As part of this phase of the project we are hoping to undertake a reconnoitre of the landscape and will be accompanied by an environmental expert, Dr Rebecca Rosseff. If there is potential for environmental sampling, we hope to spend a weekend taking soil and peat samples in 2009. This phase of work is subject to permission and the submission of a detailed project design to The National Trust in Wales. Our resident geologist Rob Elliott will also be at hand undertaking a detailed analysis of the exposed solid geology. For more information and an interim report go to the Rhossili Down project


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Welcome to the Clifton Antiquarian Club Website Clifton Antiquarian Club is based in Bristol, although members are distributed across the southern half of England and Wales. We seek to promote a better understanding of our archaeological heritage and meet on several occasions during the year for lectures, tours and research projects. Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries or are interested in getting involved.
Announcements
The Clifton Antiquarian Club Summer Day Trip, Tuesday 7th July Not to be missed! The 2009 summer trip will be to the Oxford Radio Carbon Accelerator unit as well as some other interesting sites on the way. Go to the Events page for further details.	Festival of British Archaeology at Stanton Drew, Sat 25 July 11.00 to 16.00 Activities include Geo-physical survey, storytelling, hands-on activities, family fun, trails and a flint-knapping demonstration.
The Clifton Antiquarian Club Summer Lecture July 18th with Dr Michael Costen We are pleased to announce that the summer lecture by Michael Costen will take place on Saturday July 18th. Go to the Events page for further details.
The Rhossili Down Project Moves On As part of the fieldwork, members of the Clifton Antiquarian Club will be undertaking a series of environmental sampling strategies, mainly around the eastern side of the Down where there are possibly deep peat deposits. These deposits will be analysed for their pollen content and thus give an insight to what the landscape may have looked like in prehistory. If the cores samples are exceptionally good, it is hoped that several radiocarbon dates can be made in order to tie down the chronology of the site. As part of this phase of the project we are hoping to undertake a reconnoitre of the landscape and will be accompanied by an environmental expert, Dr Rebecca Rosseff. If there is potential for environmental sampling, we hope to spend a weekend taking soil and peat samples in 2009. This phase of work is subject to permission and the submission of a detailed project design to The National Trust in Wales. Our resident geologist Rob Elliott will also be at hand undertaking a detailed analysis of the exposed solid geology. For more information and an interim report go to the Rhossili Down project