Derbyshire Archaeology Day 2025

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25/01/2025 09:45 - 16:20
https://chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk/shows/derbyshire-archaeology-day-2025/
Winding Wheel, Chesterfield
Phone:01246 345 222
Website:https://chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk/our-theatres/getting-here.aspx
Address: Hoywell Street, Chesterfield S41 7SA

The format is a series of presentations on a wide range of topics, presented by archaeologists, historians and community groups. There are stalls hosted by archaeological organisations with opportunities to handle artefacts, and a fabulous bookshop selling general interest and academic books on all aspects of history, science, archaeology and conservation. DAS will have a stand.

Owain Ellis-Davies (York Archaeology)
Romano-British settlement at Markham Vale

Tom Bell (PCAS Archaeology)
Excavation of a Romano-British enclosure at Green Lane, Killamarsh

Steve Malone (York Archaeology)
The Neronian fort at Strutt's Park. Excavations at 73 Belper Road, Derby.

Morgause Lomas (Derbyshire Scouts)
‘Brooching’ the subject of Derbyshire Scout Archaeology - the growth of Derbyshire Scout Archaeology and their recent hunt for one of Derbyshire’s lost houses

Tudur Davis &  Ian Parker
Heath Ploughing, pasture and pannage in the Peaks

Oliver Jessop, Richard Pougher, Tom Parker (The Jessop Consultancy)
Castern Hall - an exercise in joined up archaeology

Jane Rogers & Trevor Griffin
Tracks through time - exploring the development and legacy of the Belper and Morley Park Railway

Alan Piper
Brickmaking on Matlock Moor - the lost kilns of Brickyard Farm

The Day is hosted by the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire County Council and Chesterfield Borough Council and is open to all.
Bookings via the Chesterfield Theatre website.

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