5th LANCASHIRE ARCHAEOLOGY DAY SCHOOL

Saturday 21 st April 2012

Darwin Lecture Room, Darwin Building, University of Central Lancashire, Preston.

Jointly organised by Lancashire County Archaeology Service and The University of Central Lancashire, School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences


Programme

9:30am - Doors Open & Registration - Tea & Coffee will be available.
9:50 10:00amIntroduction and welcome by Peter Iles, Specialist Advisor (Archaeology), Lancashire County Archaeology Service.
10:00 10:20amRick Peterson (University of Central Lancashire). Working towards an Archaeology of Football: excavations at Peel Park, Accrington.
10:20 10:40amJames West - Changing types of treatment and neglect: An object biography of World War II pillboxes in Britain.
10:40 11:20amStephen Baldwin (Oxford Archaeology North) - The Redearth Primitive Methodist Chapel, Darwen.
11:20 11:50amTea & Coffee
11:50 12:30pmNigel Neil (Lancashire Gardens Trust and Neil Archaeological Services) - Parks in the Community: the Historic Designed Landscapes of Lancashire project.
12:30 12:40pmQuestions
12:40 1:40pmLUNCH - DELEGATES ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE THEIR OWN ARRANGEMENTS.
1:40 2:20pmFrank Giecco (North Pennines Archaeology) The 'Witches Cottage': Archaeological excavation in advance of flood alleviation works by United Utilities at Black Moss, Barley.
2:20 3:00pmJeremy Bradley (Oxford Archaeology North) - The excavation of 'The Old Pottery' at Grimshaw Park, Blackburn.
3:00 3:20pmTea & Coffee.
3:20 4:00pmDot Boughton (Portable Antiquities Officer) - The Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Silverdale Viking Hoard.
4:00 4:10pmQuestions and close.
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Plus bookstalls by O.N. Books and Landy Publishing

Free parking is available in the Leighton, Marsh and Roeburn Car Parks. Please note that the small number of car parking spaces next to the Lecture Theatre are intended for the use of disabled drivers only.

To book a place please complete the booking form available on the events page of the Archaeology & Heritage website here . Alternatively, please send an email to archaeology@lancashire.gov.uk or contact Joanne Smith on 01772 533404.

Please note that due to financial constraints, future programmes and booking forms will no longer be sent out by post. From 2013 onwards information will be only be available from our website.