Roman

Talk by Dr. Sam Moorhead: ‘’Roman Coin Finds in Surrey and the South-East: the contribution of the Portable Antiquities Scheme’

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Dr. Sam Moorhead taught Classics and Archaeology for many years before joining the British Museum in 1997 as Staff Lecturer for Archaeology. He is finds Adviser for Iron Age and Roman coins and oversees the recording and researching of Iron Age and Roman coins on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. Amongst his publications is A History of Roman coinage in Britain: Illustrated by finds recorded with the Portable antiquities Scheme published 2013 which is available in the SyAS library.

Overview of the Church Meadow Project (Ewell) 2012-14

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The Church Meadow Project is an independent project which is supported by Surrey Archaeological Society. Three seasons of excavation took place between 2012 and 2014 in an area towards the north-east extent of the Roman settlement in Ewell. Many RSG members took part in the excavations and this is an opportunity to discuss what was found and hear how the excavation relates to others in the vicinity.

AGM and talk by Professor John Hines: The coming of the Saxons to Surrey - older and newer perspectives

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Professor John Hines should be well known to Surrey archaeologists for his paper SūÞre-gē – the foundations of Surrey’ in Aspects of archaeology and history in Surrey: towards a research framework for the county (2004), and for publication of the Tadworth cemetery.

Visit to MoLA, finds from excavations at Bloomberg/LondonWalbrook

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This visit will complement and expand on Sadie Watson’s evening talk to RSG members on 3 February. There will be a talk from Sadie, followed by another from one of MOLA’s Roman Registered Finds Specialists with artefacts available to look at. We will also be taken around the processing area to see the washing and processing of finds from different sites. It is hoped that by March there will be human remains from the excavations at Liverpool Street.

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