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Viewing swaag.org website implies consent to set cookies on your computer. Full details Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group
Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation Number 1155775
SWAAG Honorary President:
Tim Laurie FSA
  Activity Dates  
Number of dates on file = 9
 DATE(s) TIME LOCATION ACTIVITY DETAILS CONTACT
 12-12-2023 7pm Zoom Online Talk Perry Gardner will be talking about "Boundary markers and routeways...what makes the prehistory of upper Swaledale archaeologically different from the 'tuath' of upper Teesdale and the transpennine contact zones." jane@swaag.org
 09-01-2024 7pm Zoom Online Talk This will be our first meeting of 2024. Dr Gillian Taylor, Associate Professor in Analytical Chemistry at Teesside University, will be talking about her work at Vindolanda and Magna Roman forts. jane@swaag.org
 21-01-2024 10:15 am to leave at 10:30 am Meet on Reeth Green Guided Walk from Reeth to Maiden Castle. Lead by Anne Jowett Guided walk leaving Reeth and crossing the Swale and climbing to visit the supposed burial mound and then proceeding to Maiden Castle. Returning to Reeth by reverse route. Bring your lunch Anne Jowett at swaagwalks@gmail.com
 13-02-2024 7pm Zoom Online Talk Marijke van der Veen, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at Leicester University, has recently written a report on the botanical remains found during the 1988-1990 excavations at Healaugh, Swaledale. Her talk will look at the findings, place these within the wider context of Roman England and discuss what plants recovered from excavations can tell us about our past. jane@swaag.org
 25-02-2024 10:15 am to leave at 10:30 am TBA Guided Walk to Applegarth, Richmond. Leaders Jane Harrison and Rod Flint Full details to follow Anne Jowett at swaagwalks@gmail.com
 12-03-2024 7pm Zoom Online Talk Dr David Petts, Associate Professor of Archaeology at Durham University, will talk about his fieldwork and research on Lindisfarne. jane@swaag.org
 09-04-2024 7pm tbc Talk This will be the first of our face-to-face talks in 2024. Details to be confirmed. jane@swaag.org
 13-04-2024 To be confirmed Sleights Pasture, Ribblehead Visit to Sleights Pasture Monument Complex between Ingleton and Ribblehead Visits to this monument Complex guided by Yvonne Luke from Ingleborough Archaeology Group Full details to follow Anne Jowett - swaagwalks@gmail.com
 14-05-2024 7pm tbc Talk Dr Keith Thomas, chairman of Brewlab and one of our members, will talk on “Recreating Past Beverages. Bioarchaeology of Ancient Beers”. He has offered to bring some examples for us to sample! jane@swaag.org