Camertonia issue 41 (2003)

2003-4-8

Blacklands 2002Jayne Lawes
Camertonia 41 (2003) pp. 4 – 8.
A Review of the second season of work at Blacklands Field, Upper Row Farm, nr Hemington.

2003-9-10

Blacklands Resisitivity Survey Aug – Sept. 2002John Matthews
Camertonia 41 (2003) pp. 9 – 10.
A detailed report here on the geophysical survey of the site, with illustrations.

2003-11-15

Homefield (with references to Hayside)Gill Holt
Camertonia 41 (2003) pp. 11 – 15.
A report on the survey of the medieval site at Upper Row Farm with undergraduates from Bristol University, which took place in late May and early June. See also Camertonias for 2004, 2005 and 2007.

2003-16-19

Hemington: the Doomsday DebatesJohn Oswin
Camertonia 41 (2003) pp. 16 – 19.
A detailed look into the history of Hemington and the land holdings as recorded in the Doomsday Book and the Exon Doomsday.

2003-20-21

Milestones along our RoadsJanet Dowding
Camertonia 41 (2003) pp. 20 – 21.
The Milestone Society was inaugurated in 2001. A survey here of its aims to identify, record, research, conserve and interpret milestones and other way markers of the British Isles.

2003-22

Girl in a TrenchKaren Zoid
Camertonia 41 (2003) p. 22.
Article by a Bristol University undergraduate on the experience of working on the site at Blacklands with mention of Homefield, Hayside and Horlers fields.

2003-23

St Laurence School: Roman VillaSophie Hawke
Camertonia 41 (2003) p. 23.
A Report on this prestigious and very successful dig in the grounds of the school at Bradford on Avon.

2003-24-27

Fosse Gate Excavation, Littleton Drew, WiltshireSimon Tyler
Camertonia 41 (2003) pp. 24 – 27.
A detailed Report on this excavation. Thanks to members of BACAS and others on the volunteer strength.

2003-28-36

Excursions 2002
Camertonia 41 (2003) pp. 28 – 36.
28 April. Avebury and Overton Down. Detailed Report here by Mary Huntley. ”We took shelter from the strong wind beside the tallest blocking stone’. 18 May.Worlebury Hill Fort & Weston super Mare Museum. Detailed Report here by Colin Evans. ‘The remains of humans who had been killed and thrown in the food storage pits’. 28th May. Lacock Village Tour. Detailed Report here by Beryl Brooks. ‘It is easy to imagine the hustle and bustle of medieval stall holders shouting their wares’. 18 June. Bath Stone Mine. Detailed Report here by Bob Whitaker. ‘Limpley Stoke was probably quarried at the surface in Roman times and it is thought to have been the source of some of the stone for Longleat’. 9th July. Marshfield Village Tour. Detailed Report here by Lawrie Scott. ”the most amazing aspect of Marshfield is the concentration of such a wealth of architectural and historical heritage in one High Street in one small village’. 22 July. South Stoke Village Tour led by Ceri Lambdin. Report by John Oswin (See also Camertonia 40, 2002). 11 August. Silchester Roman Town by Ceri Lambdin. ‘This was a thriving and important town for four hundred years and the position was the key, as it was at a hub of the Roman road network’.

2003-37

The Archaeological Illustrators’ GroupJude Harris
Camertonia 41 (2003) p. 37.
Pages 37 – 40 contain News in brief and Future events. These are covered individually in the following 8 articles. The Archaeological Illustrators Group – Under tutelage of professional illustrator Nick Griffiths, a group of volunteers are sifting through and drawing some of the items at BRLSI. Illustration here by Sally Phillips.

2003-38

BACAS website
Camertonia 41 (2003) p. 38.
The BACAS website was launched in time for the Open Day on the 20th July.

2003-38-39

Geophysics Dayschools
Camertonia 41 (2003) pp. 38 – 39.
Dr R Tabor, training members in the use of the newy aquired Fluxgate Gradiometer, 6th and 7th April. Site used – Paulton Villa – produced excellent results towards Ceri Lambdin’s project there.

2003-39

Lectures planned for 2003/4Ceri Lambdin
Camertonia 41 (2003) p. 39.
2003. 9th October, ‘Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Bath’, M Lewcun. 13 November, ‘Annual Archaeological Review’, J Lawes, followed by AGM. 12 December, ‘Cities of Vesuvius’, T. Barklem. 2004. 8th January, ‘Roman Villas in Bradford on Avon’, M Corney, 12 February, ‘Building the Pantheon in Rome’, M Wilson Jones. 11 March, ‘Roman Sculpture in South-Western Britain’, Dr M Henig.

2003-40

Blacklands Excavation 2003Jayne Lawes
Camertonia 41 (2003) p. 40.
Dates for the training dig this year are 18th August to the 26th September.