Notices

The Kent Archaeological Society Place-Names Committee

Saturday, 17 November 2018, from 9.30 for 10.00–4.30
The Michael Berry Lecture Theatre, Old Sessions House, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury CT1 1PL

The Kent Place-Names Committee in conjunction with the Centre for Kent History and Heritage announces details of its biennial day conference for 2018. The confirmed speaker list is: Dr Paul Cullen (English Place-Name Society), “Tavern names of Kent”; Dr Barrie Cook (The British Museum), “Names, trades and places on the tokens of 17th century Kent”; Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh (Canterbury Christ Church University), “Pigs, pannage and place-names in medieval Kent”; Dr Eleanor Rye (University of Nottingham), “Place-names and travel in early medieval Kent”; Dr Paul Cullen, “Some tricky Kent surnames”.

Tickets £15 available from Canterbury Christ Church University at:
https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/arts-and-humanities/events/events-list.aspx

Or by phoning 01227 782994 or emailing:
artsandculture@canterbury.ac.uk

If in doubt, contact Anita Thompson (Hon. Sec., Kent Place-Names Committee) on 01580 891222.

Every Object Tells A Story (if you know how to read it) – Using artefacts to explore life in Kent from the Bronze Age to AD1100

Saturday, 24 November 2018
Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury

This autumn’s KAS Fieldwork Committee conference is themed around Finds. It aims to explore the meaning of artefacts and what they tell in a way that is interesting and accessible to a wide audience, with talks focusing principally on material from Kent. Speakers have been asked to discuss the potential of artefacts for understanding society, rather than imparting detailed information on typologies, etc.

The KAS holds a large collection of artefacts, including significant assemblages from the Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Bifrons, Lyminge and Sarre, while the Lees Court Estate, under current investigation by the KAS, has produced several Bronze Age hoards. The Stowting ‘hoard’ (a partial Anglo-Saxon grave assemblage) has also recently been acquired by the Society. The conference will thus give the opportunity to discover more about objects in the Society’s longstanding collection as well as tying in with current fieldwork.

Confirmed speakers include Keith Parfitt (Bronze Age hoards, including Lees Court); David Holman (Iron Age and Roman coin assemblages); Rose Broadley (Roman and Anglo-Saxon glass); Andrew Richardson (Anglo-Saxon grave assemblages); Dana Goodburn-Brown (a conservator’s eye view).

South East Industrial Archaeology Conference

To be held in April 2019

In 2019 the Kent Archaeology Society will be hosting the SERIAC Conference. Each year a different county in the south east is responsible for the organisation of the conference and next year’s will be organised by the KAS. The Society’s Industrial Archaeology Committee is in the process of putting together the programme for the conference which will be in April. We would like to reach out to a wider group from the KAS membership, hence this appeal for more support. If you have an interest in any aspect of Industrial Archaeology or would like to assist in the planning and running of the conference or would be prepared to make a presentation please get in touch with Mike Clinch. We are looking at all aspects of Industrial Archaeology from pre-history to yesterday.

For further details, please contact Mike Clinch:
Mike.clinch@kentarchaeology.org.uk

Or by phoning 02083048359.

Orpington & District Archaeological Society (ODAS)

Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th September 2018, 2–4.30pm (last entry)

Visitors to the Open Weekend can follow a self-guided trail around the moated manor site, see ODAS’ excavations, and explore the foundations of the Tudor kitchens and Great Hall to see how they would have been used when the house was owned by the Walsingham family. It’s also possible to see World War II defences and a restored shepherd’s hut.

Admission is free and there are refreshments, a bookstall and an exhibition about the history of Scadbury.

Access is from the public footpath around the estate. The entrance to the site is where the footpath passes the moated site. The nearest access from the road is along the footpath at 14 St Paul’s Wood Hill; turn left along the circular footpath, five mins walk. From Old Perry Street car park the entrance is around 30 mins walk along the footpath. There is limited parking at the site for elderly/disabled visitors only, via the access drive from Perry Street.

For more information about ODAS and Scadbury see www.odas.org.uk.