Roman Villa. An award-winning Villa Ventorum and Museum offering a compelling window into Roman life in the Somerset countryside. Located within The Newt Estate, the museum is positioned over the archaeological remains of the original Roman villa, first discovered in 1832. To include an audio guide of the Museum and Villa Replica  Please meet in the […]

This will be led by Dr Miles Russell and is a joint outing with East Dorset Antiquarian Society (EDAS) The tour start at 10.30am, but we will meet in the farm yard at 10am, as it is approximately a 20 minute walk up to the dig site. We will all walk as one to the

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Archaeologists from Bournemouth University have been excavating near Winterborne Kingston since 2009. Over time they have uncovered a wealth of new information about the people who inhabited this landscape centuries before and after the Roman Conquest. Dr Martin Smith will present the project’s latest findings, including some exciting results from analysis of DNA that reveal

Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference this December in Bournemouth. Details here: https://tag2024.wordpress.com/

Tuesday 29 October 2024 7:00pm (Displays and networking from 6:30pm) This free public lecture will be delivered live in the Fusion Building, Talbot Campus, Bournemouth University, BH12 5BB, and will also be available via Zoom. Abstract Exactly 120 years after Pitt Rivers was undertaking his seminal excavation and dismantlement of Wor Barrow, a new long

On Saturday 28 September there will be a series of talks given by museum volunteers. 11am – Worgret Camp – WW1 and after. Talk by Neil Child. 12:30 – Rev John Hutchins, Dorset Historian (1698-1773). Talk by Peter Scriven. 2pm – Mysteries of Creech Barrow Hill. Talk by Ben Buxton. 7.30pm – The Vikings in

Wareham Museum is 50 years old this year. To mark this milestone, Lilian Ladle will give a talk, “What lies beneath…? Archaeological discoveries of the last 50 years in and around Wareham”. Saturday 7 September, 2pm, Wareham Town Hall. Entrance free.

On the walk we will see The Rings, a 12th century seige castle close to Corfe Castle, hollow ways and Bronze Age barrows on Corfe Common, and parts of Corfe Castle village. It is about 3.5 miles and takes just over 2 hours. There are some moderately steep slopes and be prepared for mud and

On 1st May 2024 members enjoyed a trip to the British Museum for the exhibition ‘Legion: Life in the Roman Army’