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

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... 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... Read More

14th July Meeting

09 Jul 2018

Dr Lorna Richardson, Armchair Archaeology. 2.00 pm Broome Village Hall Lorna will be guiding us through the maze of information about archaeology available online, from maps and historic environment records,... Read More

STOP PRESS

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

November meeting – The Paston Women

26 Oct 2017

This month we welcome back Elizabeth McDonald with the third of her series of talks on one of Norfolk’s great medieval families, the Pastons. If you ever thought that the Medieval period was of full damsels in distress then the Paston women are here to prove you wrong; often in distress they rarely... Read More

October meeting – Returned from the Front

25 Sep 2017

Our speaker on October 14th will be Nick Stone who is the project co-ordinator for the Returned from the Front Project. Some of you may remember that Nick came and gave us a talk on the Norwich blitz, including some of his excellent ghost images, back in 2014. The Returned... 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

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

September Meeting – Professor Carenza Lewis – Plague Pits

14th July Meeting

STOP PRESS

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

November meeting – The Paston Women

October meeting – Returned from the Front

EVENTS

August – Fieldwalking

14th July Meeting

June meeting – The Paston Footprints 600 project – Matt Champion

May-June Update – Medieval Graffiti and More

March meeting – The Paston Footprints 600 Project & The Hidden Commemoration.