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| DavidD |
Seeking Roman Calne - 29 July - 1 August at Heritage CentreA series of events taking place at Calne Heritage Centre from Wednesday 29 July to Saturday 1 August, as part of the festival of British Archaeology.Wednesday 29 July to Saturday 1 August - Exhibition Display of finds from local sites, incuding some recently found and from the collections of the Wiltshire Heritage Museum. Open 10am to 4pm. Wednesday 29 July Two talks about the project and the Roman period, from 7.30pm: 1. 'Seeking Roman Calne: what we have found out so far' by David Dawson 2. 'Cash and Corn - why there are so many Roman hoards in Wiltshire' by Sam Moorhead Roman Family Fun Day - Saturday 1 August. Activities for all the family. 10am to 4pm. Booking not necessary. Entry is free to Calne Heritage Centre. More information about Calne Heritage Centre, including directions can be found at www.calneheritage.co.uk/. Organised by the Archaeology Field Group of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. |
| Biggles |
Sounds cool will go check it out |
| Chepfer |
Yes, i'll certainly be going , absolutely fascinating stuff ........... |
| Biggles |
grrrr i went in there last week and id forgot all about the Romans thingy
did anyone go was it good what was there |
| Chepfer |
HI Biggles,
I went to the evening talk and yes it was very good,there was a good turn out of about 40 people and there were lots of exibits on show. There will hopefully be somefield walking and archaeology in the coming months to follow on from it. |
| Biggles |
ok cool keep me updated id be interesting in going |
| Chepfer |
DavidD - the auther here is the curator of the Museum in Devizes and a whole lot more as well, if you ever have any questions, he's a great person to ask ....... |