Provisional Programme for the Year 2007/2008



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Meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month. This programme may be subject to alteration.

  • October to April Meetings are held 7.30pm at the Conservative Club, Moor Street, Chepstow. Visitors are welcome (£1 donation).

  • FT - Field Trips (May-September) are held on site at 7.00pm unless otherwise stated. Please contact Felicity Taylor 01600 775656 Director of Archaeology - email , for details.
  • Items in italics are not organised by CAS but may be of interest to members.



    Chepstow Festival Lecture
    7.30 pm, Thursday 3 July 2008 at the Drill Hall, Chepstow.
    Tickets £3.00 available from Chepstow Museum
    or telephone 01291 641594 or 01600 775656
    Click link for article and details


    2007


    October 4th

    Heraldry of Usk Castle

    Keith Underwood

    November 1nd

    Neolithic Tombs in Wales

    Steve Burrow (National Museum of Wales)

    December 6th

    The Silures

    Dr Ray Howell, UWN

    2008



    January 3rd

    Recent Excavations in Caerleon

    Dr Peter Guest (Cardiff University)

    February 7th

    Excavations at Alveston, Isle of Wight

    Dr Neil Philips (APAC)

    March 6th

    Local Coin Hoards

    Ed Besly (National Museum of Wales)

    April 3rd

    Nelson Street Excavations in Chepstow

    Mark Corney

    May 8th

    Recent Work at Llanmelin Hillfort - Outdoor Meeting

    Daryl Williams (Cardiff University)


    More Summer 2008 events will be following soon


    Recent events have included;

    Archaeology in Gwent Wildlife Reserves - Bob Trett
    Early Prehistory in South Wales- Elizabeth Walker
    The Vikings in North Wales - Dr Mark Redknap
    Archaeology in Turkey - Peter Sommer
    Biblical Archaeology - Paul Davies
    Aviation Archaeology - Steve Jones
    Flood 400 – the great flood of 1607 - Mark Lewis
    Caldicot Castle - Denis Manning
    Walk to Lancaut - Hilary and David
    A burial chamber and a volcano - Ian McFarlane
    Hands on Geology- Keith Mosely
    Tales from the Green Valley - Peter Sommer (as seen on BBC TV)
    Bog Bodies - Rick Turner
    1805 Ship's Surgeon - Roger Morgan (ITMA)
    Water Powered Mills in Gwent - Roger Birchell
    Mines and Mining in the Royal Forest of Dean - John Hine
    Post Medieval Burial Grounds: Rest in Peace or Wrest in Pieces? - Gwynne Stock
    The Portable Antiquities Scheme - Mark Lodwick
    Grave Yards I have Known - David Harrison
    Goldcliff - Mud Tumbling with Nigel Nayling
    Graffiti- Colin Pitman
    The Norman Castles of Gower - Charles Hill (GGAT)
    A Visit to the Newport Ship Conservation Centre
    Prehistoric Trostrey - update on recent work - Geoff Mein (Trostrey Excavation Group)
    Archery - Have-A-Go - Llancaich Vawr (Mike "so they buried him in the wardrobe" Anthony),
    Caerwent Roman City (Dr Ray Howell),
    "On the importance of prying into holes in the ground" (Steve Clarke),
    The Archaeologicalwork at Sycharth Motte and Bailey Castle (Spencer Smith),
    Update on excavations on Grey Hill (Adrian Chadwick UWCN),
    The Gwent Levels in the Roman Period(Ian McFarlane CAS),
    You saw our tent at the CHEPSTOW FESTIVAL,
    Guided Walk - Sudbrook IA Settlement and Victorian Model Village (Severn Tunnel Junction) (Peter Strong),
    Boats, harbours, trees & stone, the archaeology of the Severn Estuary - SELRC 2004 annual conference and AGM,
    What is CADW ? (Richard Avent),
    The Maps of John Ogilby in Monmouthshire (Derek Bessel),
    Recent Excavations at Avebury (Josh Pollard),
    EXTREME ARCHAEOLOGY from CHEPSTOW - Channel 4 TV
    Monmouth Archaelogy strikes again (Steve Clarke),
    Medicine in the Middle Ages (Branwyn),
    Maritime and Intertidal Sites around Wales (Sian Rees),
    Archaeology of the Mesolithic in South Wales (Elizabeth Walker),
    Roman Intaglios (Martin Henig),
    Thirty Years in Archaeology (Charles Hill GGAT),
    Guided Walk around Chepstow Town (Chris Waite),
    Visit to Trostrey Excavations near Usk (Geoff Mein),
    The use of geophysics in the archaeological assessment of sites due for development (Stratascan Ltd.),
    Lodge Wood Camp IA Hillfort - recent excavations (Josh Pollard),
    Maps for Archaeologists,
    Candlelit visit to Tintern (Keith Underwood),
    Forensic Archaeology (Roger Box),
    A career in archaeology (Charles Hill GGAT),
    Medieval Brewing (Mike Anthony),
    Monmouthshire Barrows (George Nash),
    Treasure Hunt,
    English Civil War around Chepstow (Keith Underwood),
    Dowsing for Archaeology (Brian Johns),
    Lydney Park (Martin Henig),
    RAF Caerwent & Dinham Village
    Newport Transporter Bridge (John Pritchard)
    Severn Estuary (Derek Upton)
    Valentine Morris Trail (Mike Urry)
    Newport Ship (Kate Hunter)


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