Archaeology Talks


Rugby Archaeology Society hold regular Saturday morning talks at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum.  Talks are free and open to all (age 16+ recommended).   Please contact Rugby Archaeology Society for more details.  Talks are also available via Zoom.  Please contact RAS Secretary Dr Irene Glendinning to register ireneg@coventry.ac.uk .
 

Saturday 14 December 2024
Kathleen Kenyon and the Jewry Wall

A talk by Mathew Morris
 
The remarkable story of Britain's largest surviving piece of Roman civic masonry and the pioneering archaeologist who excavated it.

Upcoming programme 

Saturday 12 October 2024 - Eye Kettleby with Dr Gavin Speed

Saturday 2 November 2024 - Micro-archaeology with Dr Michelle Farrell

Saturday 14 December 2024 - Kathleen Kenyon and Jewry Wall Museum with Matthew Morris

Saturday 11 January 2025 - Conservation and archaeology with Pieta Graves

Saturday 8 February 2025 -
 
Saturday 8 March 2025 - UDig with Derek Roberts, Director of excavations

Saturday 12 April 2025 - Leicestershire town and village history with Dr Pamela Fisher

Saturday 10 May 2025 - Stonehenge and archaeoastronomy with Professor Clive Ruggles

Saturday 14 June 2025 -  The major finds of Tripontium with Dr Irene Glendinning

 

The Use of 

Explore market stalls on a street in Tripontium and discover how the Romans lived and what they ate and wore. See for yourself some of the objects they left behind - such as jewellery, coins, pottery and ironwork.