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The Arbeia Society Presents its 2012 Conference

The subject will be

Hadrian's Wall and its Legacy
on Tyneside
Looking at some problems and current research
questions concerning the area between
Chesters bridge and Arbeia, structurally and
through finds
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It will take place at the Customs House, Mill Dam, South Shields, Tyne and Wear

On Saturday 17th November 2012

10.00 - 5.00

programmme  
10.00-10.20 Coffee and Registration
10.20-10.45 Introduction: Paul Bidwell (TWM Archaeology): Hadrian's walland its legacy on Tyneside.
10.45-11.05 Lindsay Allason-Jones (President, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne): Hadrian's Wall: the legacy of its material culture.
11.05-11.30 John Paulter (author of Roman Walls and roads in northern Britain): The possible course of the Stanegate between Corbridge and the North Tyne.
11.30-11.55 Alex Croom (TWM Archaeology): The trouble with tiles.
11.55-12.30

Nick Hodgson (TWM Archaeology): What we hope to find out about the Wall between South Shields and the North Tyne.
12.30-1.00 Discussion.
   
1.00-2.15 Lunch
   
2.15-2.35 Andrew Parkin (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums): Hadrian's Wall in the Great North Museum and community archaeology.
2.35-3.00 David Heslop (Tyne and Wear Specialist Conservation Team): Recent discoveries and outstanding problems in Roman Newcastle.
3.00-3.20

Michael Coates (Chair, Friends of Northumberland Park, North Shields): The experience of the Northumberland Park community archaeology project.
   
3.20-3.50 tea
   
3.50-4.10 Margaret Snape (Independent Researcher): The late and post-Roman Corbridge landscape.
4.10-4.30 Rob collins (Portable Antiquities Scheme, Newcastle University): Fifth century shades of grey: identifying and interpreting the final frontier.
4.30-5.00 Discussion

Fees

Society members/concessions: £15

Non-members: £20

Price refunded to South Tyneside residents who join Hadrian's Wall and its
legacy on Tyneside community archaeology project.

application form 

I/We would like to reserve…….. place(s) on the Arbeia Conference 2012.

Name(s):……………………………………………………………………………….

Address:………………………………………………………………………………..

Email address:…………………………………………………………………………

I/We enclose a cheque for £…….. made payable to the ‘Arbeia Society’ to the address below.
Please note:there will be no acknowledgement of payment unless required; if so, please enclose
an s.a.e.

For further information or bookings please contact:
The Secretary, Arbeia Society, Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields, NE33 2BB.
Telephone: (0191) 4544093.
email:alex.croom@twmuseums.org.uk

 

Getting there

Air - South Shields is 15 miles away from Newcastle Airport. From there the Metro service runs into the very centre of South Shields.

Train - Newcastle Central Station runs regular services to London, Edinburgh, the Midlands and the West. The Metro service also runs from the station to central South Shields.

Road - The A1 (M) leads almost all the way to South Shields before linking with the A194 which completes the journey.

 


 

 
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