Waveney Archaeology

We are a community archaeology group for the wider Waveney Valley, from Diss to Lowestoft and beyond.

No experience necessary, just curiosity. Come and join us!

NEWS

February meeting – Ken Hamilton on the Wreck of the Rooswijk

03 Feb 2019

On February 16th we welcome back Ken Hamilton to talk to us about something we haven’t touched on before, underwater archaeology, and specifically the archaeology of the wreck of the Rooswijk.... Read More

January Meeting – David Wollweber on the de Argenteins of Halesworth

28 Dec 2018

We hope you all had a very enjoyable Christmas, and we wish you all the best for 2019. For our first meeting of 2019 we welcome our very own David... Read More

November Meeting – The Hidden Commemoration & Our 2019 Programme.

22 Oct 2018

After our last two excellent talks from Carenza Lewis on the Black Death and Lucy Wrapson on medieval rood screens, we’ll be jumping forward a few hundred years for an... Read More

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2019 Programme

05 Dec 2018

19th January – David Wollweber on the de Argenteins of Halesworth, and many other places besides. Needham Village Hall 16th February – Ken Hamilton on the archaeology of the Roooswijk shipwreck. Needham Village Hall 16th March – Michael Schmoelz – Pilgrimage in Medieval East Anglia. Needham Village Hall 13th April... Read More

November Meeting – The Hidden Commemoration & Our 2019 Programme.

22 Oct 2018

After our last two excellent talks from Carenza Lewis on the Black Death and Lucy Wrapson on medieval rood screens, we’ll be jumping forward a few hundred years for an update on our Great War Hidden Commemoration project on (almost) the hundredth anniversary of Armistice Day. We’ll also be bringing... Read More

October Meeting – Dr Lucy Wrapson – Late Medieval Rood Screens in the Waveney Valley

23 Sep 2018

We’ll be staying in the middle ages for our October meeting, when we’re pleased to announce our guest speaker will be Dr Lucy Wrapson. Lucy is a senior paintings conservator at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge. Lucy gained her PhD in History of Art in 2014 from the... Read More

September Meeting – Professor Carenza Lewis – Plague Pits

26 Aug 2018

For our September meeting we are very pleased to welcome Professor Carenza Lewis as our guest speaker. Carenza, who comes from the Waveney Valley, is probably best known as one of the main presenters of Time Team, the programme which over twenty years did so much to bring accessible archaeology... Read More

June meeting – The Paston Footprints 600 project – Matt Champion

22 May 2018

On Saturday June 2nd our old friend Matt Champion will be coming to talk to us wearing his new hat as project manager of the Paston Footprints 600 project. This is a three year project, funded by HLF, to explore the lives, times and estates of the Paston family, marking 600... Read More

May-June Update – Medieval Graffiti and More

18 Apr 2018

The last couple of months have been a bit topsy-turvy but we hope everything will settle down now. Here’s the latest news on meetings and events for May and June. On May 12th our own Pat May will present Voices from the Past, an updated talk on her search for... Read More

April meeting – Photogrammetry with Marcus Abbott – CANCELLED

01 Apr 2018

Our April meeting is going to be a combined theory and practical session on photogrammetry with Marcus Abbott. Marcus last came to see us back in November 2014 for our first photogrammetry session, and we thought it was time to have him back for a refresher and an introduction to... Read More

2018 Programme

04 Dec 2017

January 5th Walberswick War Walk with Prof Rob Liddiard and we hope Lara Band of CITiZAN. January 20th Dr Dominic Summers on the Seven Sacrament Fonts of East Anglia, 2.00pm Needham Village Hall February 17th Dr Rebecca Pinner, Poetry, Politics & Propaganda in Medieval East Anglia. 2.00pm Waveney Room, Wortwell Community Centre March... Read More

We are a community archaeology group for the wider Waveney Valley, from Diss to Lowestoft and beyond.

No experience necessary, just curiosity. Come and join us!

NEWS

February meeting – Ken Hamilton on the Wreck of the Rooswijk

January Meeting – David Wollweber on the de Argenteins of Halesworth

November Meeting – The Hidden Commemoration & Our 2019 Programme.

STOP PRESS

2019 Programme

November Meeting – The Hidden Commemoration & Our 2019 Programme.

October Meeting – Dr Lucy Wrapson – Late Medieval Rood Screens in the Waveney Valley

September Meeting – Professor Carenza Lewis – Plague Pits

June meeting – The Paston Footprints 600 project – Matt Champion

May-June Update – Medieval Graffiti and More

April meeting – Photogrammetry with Marcus Abbott – CANCELLED

2018 Programme

EVENTS

February meeting – Ken Hamilton on the Wreck of the Rooswijk

January Meeting – David Wollweber on the de Argenteins of Halesworth

August – Fieldwalking

14th July Meeting

June meeting – The Paston Footprints 600 project – Matt Champion