Past events
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“The whole is a fine sight…” – Edlingham Castle and the Feltons, 1295 - 1396, late reflections from the excavations of 1978-82
Graham Fairclough
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityGraham will be discussing what has changed in the fifty years since excavations at Edlingham, never published at the time
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Ways of seeing Northumberland National Park: the development of a twentieth century National Park identity
Nick Pepper
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityThe front cover of a pamphlet called 'Holiday Guide for Wooler: Northumberland's National Park and Antiquarian's Paradise' carried an image of cup and ring marks on the cover and the price was given as 4d. The date of publication will be revealed in the lecture!
Summer Walk; Newcastle's Outer West
St James Heritage and Environment Group
Battle of Newburn Memorial, Newburn Riverside Country Park
A circular walk beginning and ending at the Battle of Newburn memorial , looking at the history of Newcastle's Outer West.
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The General Strike in the North East, 1926
Joe Redmayne
Lecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle UniversityDuring nine days, between 4 and 12 May 1926, 1.5 to 2 million workers challenged the established order as they responded to a call by the Trade Union Congress to strike in support of ‘locked-out’ miners...
Roman Army Museum and Magna Fort Guided Visit
Marta Alberti-Dunn, Deputy Director of Excavations
Roman Army Museum, Greenhead, Brampton, CA8 7JB
'Inside the Trenches' tour of the ongoing excavations at Magna Fort, with talk on the impact of climate change on the buried archaeology, and time to visit the Museum.
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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