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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 = 15
 DATE(s) TIME LOCATION ACTIVITY DETAILS CONTACT
 19-03-2024 10:15 am to leave at 10:30 am Marske - the start point will now be the small car park by the bridge and river in Marske, at the junction below the church at grid ref 104004. Guided Walk to Applegarth Fort from Marske. Leaders Jane Harrison and Rod Flint The walk is Marske to a Romano-British enclosed settlement north east of East Applegarth at Whitcliffe Scar. The site is reported to be that of an agricultural settlement which has been identified from surface finds of pottery to have been occupied from the Iron Age into the late Romano-British period. This will be a circular walk of about 5 mile, and some sections will be muddy and rough. Do bring a packed lunch. Anne Jowett at swaagwalks@gmail.com
 09-04-2024 7.30pm (new start time) The Buck, Reeth Talk This will be the first of our face-to-face talks in 2024. Please note the new start time. Sheila Ickringill, one of our members, will be talking about the Point of Oxan, on Graemasay, which is one of Orkney's southern isles. We hope to run this as a hybrid meeting. There will also be an opportunity for members to have a meal before the meeting starts at 7.30pm. More details to follow. 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 7.30pm The Buck, Reeth 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
 18-05-2024 10:15 am to leave at 10:30 am Braithwaite Hall, East Witton,  Guided walk from Braithwaite Hall, to Braithwaite Moor to visit earthworks known as East Witton Camp and Castle Steads Fort Full details to be advised Anne Jowett - swaagwalks@gmail.com
 09-06-2024 10:15 am to leave at 10:30 am Thornton Rust Village Hall Car Park Guided walk to Addleborough summit and surrounding area. Guide - Robbie Warriner Visit to Addleborough summit and the Burial Cairn, looking at the rock art on the summit. Then visiting the settlements and cairns around the south flanks of Addleborough. This walk is challenging, steep ascent to Addleborough summit. Bring you lunch Anne Jowett - swaagwalks@gmail.com
 11-06-2024 7.30pm The Buck, Reeth Talk This will be a 'hands-on' session when Ric Carter, a SWAAG member, will talk about lithics (worked stone artefacts). He will be bringing examples for us to look at. If anyone has lithic finds of their own they are welcome to bring them along too. jane@swaag.org
 06-07-2024 1:15 am for 1:30 am The Rukin Car Park, Keld - £2 /day fee is payable Flower Walk - lead by Sue Knight  This short walk, of approx. 2 hours is on a good track and will progress slowly to allow people to appreciate/identify the plants in the area. We will encounter flowering plants, mosses and lichens. Please bring a hand lens if possible. Anne Jowett @ swaagwalks@gmail.com
 09-07-2024 7.30pm The Buck, Reeth Talk SWAAG member Les Knight will talk about the "1927 Richmond Total Eclipse: the largest mass movement of people in British history". 
 14-08-2024   No meeting As usual we do not plan to have a meeting in August. 
 10-09-2024 7.30 The Buck, Reeth Talk Dr Richard Smith is the Editor of the Northern Mine Research Society's journal, British Mining. He is particularly interested in medieval smelting. This evening his talk is on Arthur Raistrick's contribution to mining history. Dr Raistrick (1896-1991) was a polymath; geologist, archaeologist, academic and writer. A scholar in many fields, he published some 330 articles, books, pamphlets and scholarly treatises. Later in life he was a pioneer of industrial archaeology, making a particularly significant contribution to the understanding of the development of lead mining in the Pennines. His two books on mining and smelting in Swaledale and Wensleydale, published 50 years ago, still provide a useful introduction to the industrial heritage of this region. 
 21-09-2024 10:15 am for 10:30 am The Rukin Car Park, Keld. £2 / day fee is payable  Geology Walk lead by Les Knight This walk will be on good tracks and is of approx 2miles, locally steep. Needs a packed lunch . The walk will include a discussion of some of the glacial features around Keld and the geology exposed in the Kisdon Gorge. The mines and their history around Crackpot Hall and the Swinnergill smelt mill will be discussed.  Anne Jowett - swaagwalks@gmail.com
 08-10-2024 7.30pm The Buck, Reeth AGM and Talk The SWAAG AGM will be followed by a talk. Details to be confirmed shortly. This will be our last evening face-to-face meeting of 2024. In November we will return to Zoom. 
 12-11-2024 7.30pm Zoom Talk Ian Earnshaw, a SWAAG member, will be giving a presentation about "East Yorkshire, Before and During the Dark Ages - Does anyone actually know who lived there?". This talk will be on Zoom only. 
 10-12-2024    We are looking into having a lunch time social event sometime in December (not necessarily on the 10th). The date and the venue have yet to be confirmed.