Welcome
We exist to promote understanding and appreciation of archaeology, history and architecture in the historic county of Cheshire plus neighbouring areas and of these subjects generally. Our activities include monthly lectures from the Autumn to the Spring, Summer excursions on demand, undertaking or encouraging relevant research, campaigning on local heritage issues, publication of an annual journal and a twice-yearly newsletter, and maintenance of our own specialist library.
For more information about the Chester Archaeological Society please read our History and Activities page.
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The Neston Collieries, 1759–1855: An Industrial Revolution in Rural Cheshire
/in News /by Hugh BrayThis new book by Anthony Annakin-Smith will be available shortly.
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Ruins, Relics and Monsters: Public History and Place-making in Chester and beyond
/in News /by Hugh BrayThis free public lecture by Professor Catherine Clarke will be held on Wednesday 13th November at the University of Chester
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Lecture 6th November: A summer of discovery in Wales!
/in News /by Hugh BrayThis lecture by Dr Toby Driver (RCAHMW) will be held on 6th November at 7:30pm at the Grosvenor Museum. The lecture will revisit the intense hot summer of 2018 when aerial archaeological discoveries came thick and fast!
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Dee House and Amphitheatre Drop-in Sessions – postponed
/in News /by Hugh BrayThe planned drop-in sessions to share the recommendations of the Working Group with the wider community have been postponed until week commencing 13th January 2020. When available further details will be published here.
Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society volume 89 for 2019
/in News /by Hugh BrayEligible members will be receiving their copies of the latest issue of our journal in the next two weeks.
Click here to see the wide range of articles.
If you are not a member of the Society but would like a copy, they will be available for £15 incl p&p. Email webmaster@chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk
If you enjoy reading it, why not join us for 2020? You can download a membership application form from http://chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk/how-to-join/
2018 TAG Conference – videos of presentations
/in News /by Hugh BrayThe 40th Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference took place in the historic city of Chester.
Recordings of the presentations are now available.
Click here to download the link to these presentations
Britain’s Earliest Mining Boom Revealed!
/in News /by Hugh BrayThis month’s edition of Antiquity Journal publishes a paper on the Great Orme Bronze Age copper mine by Dr Alan Williams, a CAS member.
Click here to read the University of Liverpool summary of this paper
Click here to read the full paper on line
Sandstone Ridge Walk and Ride Festival
/in News /by Hugh BrayThe Sandstone Ridge Walk and Ride Festival will take place from 5th to 13th October 2019
Click here to download the Programme of Events
Edge of Empire: Recent Work on Roman History in the North-West
/in News /by Hugh Bray‘Edge of Empire: Recent Work on Roman History in the North-West’. A day school organised by the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Wigan and Leigh College, Saturday 5 October.
Click here for the programme and booking form.
Visit to Oswestry Castle Mound on 14 September 2019
/in News /by Hugh BrayCAS members are invited to visit the excavation of Oswestry Castle mound, now in its third season. The visit will take place on 14 September at 2pm and includes an introductory talk, opportunity to view a selection of the finds and a tour of the excavation itself. It will take approximately one and a half hours.
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