Contents
Camertonia 50 (2012) p. 3.
Chairman’s Report.
Camertonia 50 (2012) p. 4.
Particularly noted are the 11th year of the training excavation and BACAS departure from Upper Row Farm. The final excavation, led by Robin Holley, was at Homefield (see report elsewhere in this Camertonia). The details of the 2012 training dig are also in this edition. Further comments are on the Open Days, at Upper Row Farm and, with BaNES and the Roman Baths Museum, at Bathampton Down. Noted are the Societies’ Excursion and Lecture programmes and the joint BACAS and BaNES Stanton Drew stone circles project. Robin Holley and Marek Lewcun have an excavation at the Peart Roman villa near Norton St Philip. Finally a tribute to Owen Dicker as he steps down from the Committee.
Homefield Consolidated
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The results of over a decade of fieldwork at Homefield.
Our Castle, Our Town
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An investigation into the archaeology of Castle Cary’s Castle site. Geophysics on three sites, including the Castle site, the later manorial site, and a small survey 2 km south west of Castle Cary, at Dimmer. Article focuses on the history of the Castle site and the detailed results of the investigations there.
The Bathampton Down Stone Circles
Camertonia 50 (2012) pp. 14 – 16.
The search for the Bathampton Down Stone Circles. Background research and geophysics. A full Report on this item is available on the BACAS website.
Bathampton Down Settlement
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A Late Bronze Age / Earliest Iron Age settlement on Bathampton Down, Bath. A full report on the geophysics and pottery finds on this site.
Upper Swainswick Manor Gardens
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Geophysics survey work on the site of an early 17th Century garden. Along with the geophysics, this article includes the history and geology of the site.
The St Algar’s Project Continued
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Further geophysics on this site
BACAS Open Days 2011 – Homefield Excavation Open Day
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A full report here on the day, with comment on the BBC filming.
BACAS Open Days 2011 – The Secrets of the Downs
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A full report on the activities of the day, held at the University of Bath and focusing of the prehistory of Bath.
BACAS’ 11th Training Excavation at Upper Row Farm
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Photographs of the day
Final Open Day at Upper Row Farm
Camertonia 50 (2012) pp. 28 – 29.
Photographs of the day at Homefield
Bathampton Down Open Day – ‘Secrets of the Downs’
Camertonia 50 (2012) p. 30.
Photographs of the day
Geophysics at Iford Manor
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Just as it says in the title!
Chewton Mendip. The case for a Saxon Minster and Precinct
Camertonia 50 (2012) pp. 32 – 34.
A full report here on the research, geophysics and trial trenches in Chewton village.
Mother Anthony’s Well. Iron Age studies in Wessex on the Marlborough Downs.
Camertonia 50 (2012) pp. 35 – 39.
This is a very full report on the research and surveys undertaken on these two previously unknown Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age settlement sites in North Wiltshire.
50 Editions of Camertonia
Camertonia 50 (2012) pp. 40 – 41.
The Camertonia Archive, Some More Early Days.
Excursions 2011
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7th May Salisbury Plain led by Roy Canham & Jackie Thompson. 14th June Shepton Mallet Town led by Alan Stone & Alastair MacLeay. 29th June Weston Village, Bath, led by Les Hayes (report p 43). 7th July Churches near Frome led by Michael McGarvie & Alastair MacLeay. 14th August Axbridge & Museum Dr. Robin Goodfellow & Les Hayes (report p 44). 11th September Stanton Drew and Barrington Combe with John Oswin & Tim Lunt (report p 46).
Lectures 2011 – 2012
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2011. 13th October, Ben Roberts, Curator Bronze Age, British Museum. ‘All That Glitters: The Origins of Metallurgy in Eurasia’. 10th November, Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Professor of Archaeology, Cardiff University. ‘Boudica/Boadicea: Myth and Reality’. 8th December Dr. George Nash, Specialist in Prehistoric Art, University of Bristol. ‘Dating the Rock Art in the Sierra de Capivara, North-East Brazil’. 2012. 12th January Ceri Lambdin, Director of the St Algar’s Project Group. ‘Roman Glass Recycling on a Grand Scale: recent field work in Somerset’.15th March Sam Moorhead, Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasures, British Museum. ‘The Frome Hoard Treasure’.
The Story of Weston Village
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A full Report here on the history of the town following the excursion on the 29th June.
The History of Axbridge
Camertonia 50 (2012) pp. 44 – 45.
A full report here on the history of the Saxon Burgh following the excursion on 14th August.
Burrington Combe and Stanton Drew: Caves and Circles
Camertonia 50 (2012) pp. 46 – 49.
A full Report on the pre-history of Burrington Combe and the caves of Mendip and a full Report on this afternoon visit to Stanton Drew, with a summary of the archaeology of the area.
NEWS VIEWS REVIEWS – Dates for the Diary – 2012
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8th to 11th May. Geophysics in advance of the Members Excavation at Peart Roman villa. 12th – 26th May. The Excavation itself. 13th – 17th & 20th – 24th August. The two 5 day BACAS Archaeological Training Courses. Details of fees and contacts given here.
Cartoon and verse
Camertonia 50 (2012) p. 52.
I am the very model of a modern archaeologist’ with apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan. Appropriate cartoons by Sally.
Programme of Lectures and Excursions for 2012 – 2013
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EXCURSIONS 2012. 21st April Roman Glass working and Andover Museum. 19th May Wells City and Cathedral. 10th June Pewsey Ridge: Wansdyke and before. 1st July Corsham Court and Town. 8th July Banwell Bone Cave and Stanton Drew. 5 September Fussell’s Balance Lock, Mells. LECTURES 2012. 18th October ‘Recent work on Neolithic sites in Wiltshire’, David Field, English Heritage. 15th November ‘News from the Frontier (Hadrian’s Wall)’, Mark Corney, Archaeological Consultant. 13th December ‘The Fussells, the edge tool makers of Mells’, Robin Thornes, Frome Society for Local Study. 2013. 10th January ‘The Antikythera Mechanism’ Mike Edmunds, Professor of Astrophysics at Cardiff University. 14th February Updates on Society Projects given by Members, followed by the Society’s AGM. 14th March ‘The Roman Army in the West’ John Smith.
The Committee and Key Contacts
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