Skip to content
BACAS

BACAS

Bath and Counties Archaeological Society

  • Home
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Events
    • Newsletters
    • Awards
  • Publications
    • Camertonia
    • Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Forms, Procedures, and Guidelines
  • About BACAS
    • BACAS
    • Committee
    • History
    • Geophysics
    • Join BACAS
    • Renew your membership
    • Make a donation
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact
  • My Account
    • Login
    • Dashboard
    • Consent to use data
    • Logout

BACAS tunnels at Shepton Mallet

19th July 2018 john events

On a very warm evening in July an intrepid band of BACAS excursionists explored the Somerset & Dorset railway tunnels and viaducts around Shepton Mallet. Now all hidden in the woods, they followed the line through the tunnels by torchlight and imagined the Pines Express roaring down from Manchester to Bournemouth 50 years before.

 

Post navigation

Previous Post:A temple in Temple Cloud?
Next Post:Hungry cows stop geophysics survey

About BACAS

    • BACAS is an active and friendly society for everyone interested in the archaeology of Bath and a large distance around. We have a programme of lectures and excursions for members, together with newsletters and a journal, Camertonia. We carry out excavations and have a high reputation for our geophysics surveys.

Join BACAS  Renew membership Make a donation

Search

Latest News

  • Shoscombe Valley Walk – Thursday 19th May 2022
  • BACAS EXCURSIONS 2022
  • Archaeology Online : Priddy wonderful – a Neolithic ceremonial landscape on the Mendip Hills : 27 April 2022
  • Bradford on Avon town walk – Sunday 3rd April
  • Archaeology Online : Bog Bodies – face to face with the past : 23 March 2022

Contact Us

E-mail office@bacas.org.uk

Follow us

Facebook
Facebook
fb-share-icon
Twitter
Visit Us
Follow Me
Instagram
© 2017-21 Bath & Counties Archaeological Society is a registered charity in England and Wales (no 1189630).