Meetings usually 10-30- 12.30 but please contact Peter Walker on Canterbury.yac@gmail.com or on 07967975486 to confirm.

The 2016 Holleyman Lecture.

April – 21 – 2016. 7-9.00pm.   Venue: Fulton Building Lecture Theatre A, University of Sussex, Falmer.

Speaker: Professor Martin Bell (University of Reading).   The lecture will be followed by a wine reception.   A joint Sussex School of Archaeology and Sussex Archaeological Society event. Tickets: £10.   Booking essential.   Contact details: www.sussexarchaeology.org

April – 9 – 2016. 10am-5pm. Venue: King’s Church, Lewes.

A Sussex Archaeological Society event.   The conference will explore different aspects of Roman roadside settlements and debate whether there are many or any commonalities between them.   Speakers include: Martyn Allen, David Bird, Ernest Black, Paul Booth, David Calow, Karen Jeneson, David Millum, Rob Wallace, and Steve Willis. Tickets: £40 (£25 student rate) including lunch.

Contacts: http://sussexpast.co.uk/event/roman

Roman Conf leaflet 2016

March – 19 – 2016. 10am-5pm. Venue: The Huxley Building, Brighton University, Lewes Road, Brighton.

The annual review of recent archaeological fieldwork and research in Sussex, covering a wide range of periods and topics. Various speakers. Book stalls. A Sussex School of Archaeology event. Tickets: £35 including lunch.

Contact:www.sussexarchaeology.org 

On Sunday, 27th October, 1940 at 8.30 a.m., a Spitfire MkII flown by Pilot Officer John Mather, 66 Squadron Gravesend, crashed and burned out on land to the rear of the Half Moon public house in Hildenborough killing the pilot. In 1972, P7539’s engine was recovered by Malcolm Pettit, a local amateur aeronautic archaeologist. As this year is the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and also, on October 27^th, the anniversary of Pilot Officer Mather’s death, Hildenborough History Society in conjunction with Jill and Alan Mackie, the landlords of the Half Moon public house, would like to erect a memorial plaque at the Half Moon to commemorate the supreme sacrifice made by this pilot.

On 25th October from 1.30pm there will be a ceremony to unveil the plaque at the Half Moon. The unveiling will be carried out by Wing Commander Andy Simpson, a Trustee of the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust assisted by the Rev Tim Saiet, who will give a blessing. There will be a number of Second World War vehicles and other mementoes on display outside and inside the pub.

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This winter will see the first of our new annual training day series, which for 2016 will focus on ceramic identification and interpretation. Run by local experts of various periods, the sessions will include a general introduction to ceramics analysis, followed by four period-based workshops (Prehistoric, Roman, Medieval, Post-Medieval), which will vary in location across the south-east.

Cost £15 for CBA-SE members (£20 for non). Please follow updates of the programme line-up or contact the Events Officer, Anne Sassin (events@cbasouth-east.org Tel. 01252 492184), for queries and sign-up.

The CBA South-East Annual Conference is now FULLY BOOKED!

Limited student bursaries still available

Details can be found at http://www.cbasouth-east.org/events/cbase-annual-conference

Step out into the Middle Ages in Canterbury in April

A weekend of events celebrating the Middle Ages will be held in Canterbury on 1 – 3 April 2016.

Twenty eminent scholars and historians will host a series of lectures on the most eventful era in Britain history, and lead guided walks to explore places associated with the city’s colourful medieval past.

For full details visit http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/medieval-canterbury

Canterbury Medieval Weekend April 2016 press release

11 October 2015 from 11.30-16.30 (meet at St Peter’s Church, Westhampnett)

Join local geologist, David Bone, in a guided walk around the medieval 11th century churches at Westhampnett and Boxgrove Priory, near Chichester. These historic buildings are constructed with stones that reflect the varied local geology, as well as imported stone and some unusual stone types with fascinating stories to be revealed.

Cost £5 (including donation to churches)

Please register with David Bone at david@dajbone.plus.com and for further information, please see www.westsussexgeology.co.uk or www.geolsoc.org.uk/ESW-15-West-Sussex-Geology-Exploring-building-stones

Tour 5 is fast approaching and promises to be a fascinating day touring medieval Ovingdean and the town and castle at Lewes – book at events@cbasouth-east.org

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