Cambridge University Reporter


SOCIETIES, ETC.

Antiquarian Society

The annual conference on Recent archaeology in Cambridgeshire will be held in the Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, on Saturday, 20 November. Admission to exhibitions of artefacts is free from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Talks will take place between 2 p.m. and 5.35 p.m. with a break for tea. An entrance fee of £3 is payable at the door from 1.30 p.m. 

Programme, introduced by Dr Nicholas James, President of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society:

Prehistory to the Saxons

A. Tindall: Cambridgeshire County Council's role in archaeology.

C. Evans and M. Knight: Arbury Camp and other excavations in the Cambridge environs.

L. O'Brien: The Romano-British cemetery at Watersmeet, Huntingdon.

P. Spoerry: Saxon archaeology at Hinxton Hall Park, a review 1993-2003.

Medieval and Modern Perspectives

C. Cessford: Excavations at Corpus Christi College.

J. Thomas: Island in the Fens: evidence for the dissolution of Thorney Abbey.

M. Coles and P. Morris: Field-walking in South Cambridgeshire.

K. Gdaniec: Annual review of development control.