Past events
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Excavations at Marshall Meadows, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Matt Hobson
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityRecent excavations at Marshall Meadows, Berwick-upon-Tweed, have changed our understanding of settlement in the region during the Late Iron Age and Romano-British periods.
Tours of Redhills Durham
Redhills, Flass Street, Durham DH1 4BE
A visit to Redhills, the historic headquarters of the Durham Miners Association, jointly with the Northen Architectural History Society. There will be a choice of two guided tours, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Refreshments will be available after the tours.
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The late-Roman fort at South Shields and its early-medieval afterlife: the results of a 40-year project
Nick Hodgson
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityBetween 1983 and 2007 an eighth of the interior of South Shields Roman Fort (Arbeia), was excavated, revealing a complete sequence of prehistoric, Roman, and post-Roman activity.
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[AGM] Travelling Britannia: a materialist and experiential perspective
James Gerrard
Lecture Room 3, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
This was also our Annual General Meeting. The formal meeting notice is available in the Members' Section.
Metro Art Tour 29 March
Don O'Meara
Starting from entrance to Regent Centre Metro Station
A tour of some highlights of the Metro system's outdoor public art
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If prehistory is defined by stones, why do we know so little about them? The influence of geology on prehistory in the north of England
Ian Jackson
Room G.05, Percy Building, Newcastle University
Lecture by Ian Jackson, followed by a book signing.
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Anglo-Scottish Spiritual and Material Economies in the 1649-50 Newcastle Witch Hunt
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityIn 1649, at the behest of petitioners, a Scottish witchfinder was commissioned by Newcastle upon Tyne’s councilmen to search the town’s suspects for devil’s marks.
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The Spy in a Berwick Garden
Lindsay Allason-Jones
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityBook signing afterwards, for Lindsay Allason-Jones' book of the same name.
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New Shildon: an exploration of a pioneering railway town fuelled by coal
Marcus Jecock and Lucy Jessop
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityJoin Marcus Jecock and Lucy Jessop as they explore the central role of New Shildon in the story of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, and the story of railway history in general.
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[Annual Public Lecture] Last line of defence? Excavating the Roman frontier at Magna fort
Rachel Frame
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityThe Magna Project is a five-year research project investigating the Roman fort of Magna, on Hadrian’s Wall, and its surrounding landscape.