Sandstone Ridge Walk and Ride Festival
The Sandstone Ridge Walk and Ride Festival will take place from 5th to 13th October 2019
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Edge of Empire: Recent Work on Roman History in the North-West
‘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.
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Visit to Oswestry Castle Mound on 14 September 2019
CAS 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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Stone Age Camp and Prehistoric Farm Open Day, 18-26 August, near Llanidloes
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Dr Wendy Whitby
Chester Archaeological Society members will be saddened to hear of the recent and unexpected death of Dr Wendy Whitby. Wendy had belonged to the Society for a number of years, recently becoming a Council member.
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Her funeral will be held at 12.40 pm on 27 August at Blacon Crematorium.
Festival of Archaeology 13 – 28 July 2019
The Festival of Archaeology is a UK-wide annual two-week event, coordinated by the Council for British Archaeology.
See https://festival.archaeologyuk.org/ for comprehensive details
The University of Liverpool will be hosting Festival of Archaeology related events in Liverpool and Ness Gardens.
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Chester Archaeological Society Conference 18 and 19 October 2019
The second annual Chester Archaeological Society Conference will be organised on Friday evening 18th October and all day, Saturday, 19th October 2019.
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Tour of Liverpool Old Dock
The CAS excursion on 15 July will be a tour of Liverpool Old Dock which was a considerable feat of engineering constructed in the early 1700s. Click here for further details
Sandstone Ridge Trust Bulletin
The Sandstone Ridge Trust has asked Chester Archaeological Society to be involved in the inaugural Sandstone Ridge Walk and Ride Festival taking place between Saturday 5th and Sunday 13th October 2019.
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Register now for Dee House: The Future Part One: Sharing the Facts on Thursday 4th July 2019 from 6pm until 8.30pm
Chester Growth Partnership’s Dee House and Amphitheatre Working Group is holding a public event to share all the information it has gathered to inform it’s considerations of future options for the Dee House site.
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