Archaeology
Above : The iconic Stonehenge
Below : Trace of Roman Road on south Dorset Ridgeway. 
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For our normal speaker meetings, we meet at the Community Church Hall in Poundbury. The postcode is DT1 3DF & it is on the corner of Peverell Avenue East, & Liscombe Street.
No 6 & 10 Buses from Dorchester stop nearby on Peverell Avenue East. There is parking on the street. Please do not park in front of the entrance - the area is not a carpark (although it looks like one !). Click here for a map it will open in a new tab or window (At the moment streetmap have not completed mapping Poundbury) Meetings start at 2pm on the 4th Monday of the month. However, with other outside visits and venues, times may be arranged to suit (see the programme below). At Poundbury, tea/coffee and biscuits are available a small donation to the CCH funds To see the full Dorchester U3A Timetable click the button.
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Above : Roman Town House, Dorchester
Below : Lidar image of Frampton Roman Villa 
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Programme for 2021/ 2022
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UNPlease use the link below to the Dorchester Archaeology Website for full details. Our thanks to Steve Wallis (County Archaeologist) for his very interesting tour of the newly revamped Roman Town House in Dorchester for our September meeting. We had a rather damp but enjoyable visit to Hengistbury Head site in October ! In November, our first speaker meeting was our member Michael Insley who gave a fascinating talk on "Nero - was he so bad after all". (Nero - not Michael !). David Taylor gave us a fascinating talk on the Tunnels of Dorchester for our December meeting. Our next two meetings are speaker meetings : UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS NOW BEEN DECIDED TO CANCEL THE JANUARY MEETING We will endeavour to "slot" this excellent speaker into the programme later in the year Paul Cheetham of Bournemouth University - an illustrated talk on the "Roman Fort at Wimborne" At 4th January 2022, we are hopeful that the February meeting will take place as planned : 21st February 2022 (Monday) - Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen from Dorset Council's Portable Antiquities Scheme will talk about her work and bring some examples of local finds. 21st March 2022 (Monday) - Bob Kenyon will give an illustrated talk on "Ancient DNA with a focus on Dorset" Venue : Community Hall, Poundbury (see above for directions) 25th April 2022 (Monday - but not date change due to the Bank Holiday) - We hope to arrange a visit to the Beer Stone Quarries (just into Devon) - more details to follow. Some ideas for the future are shown to the right > OUR WEBSITE : We have our own Dorchester Archaeology Group website. This allows us to give members far more detail on our group's activities together with a facility for members to share their own research and visits. There are many linked activities, such as Lidar access and links to many archaeological sites, organisations and local resources. There are a selection of illustrated talks from past years. The website has a dedicated email address to allow members to send in material and ask questions. Please use the link below : |
The visits & talks below are some that are being planned :
Salisbury Museum visit
Muchelney Abbey & Priest’s House (nr Langport) visit Chickerell - recent finds and excavations Devizes Musuem visit Weald & Downland Museum |
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New members and other ideas are always welcome
– no previous knowledge is necessary For more information on our programme please call Annie or Michael (For number see Newsletter) This page was updated by Richard Crumbleholme November 2021
Photos / Lidar images have been taken by members of the group |
Lidar image of part of the Dorchester Roman aqueduct
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