| 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 |