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!

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November – Living with Monuments – Excavations at Flixton

31 Oct 2022

On November 19th we’re pleased to welcome as our speaker Simon Picard of Cotswold Archaeology Suffolk. Simon has worked extensively as a project officer on the site at Flixton and... Read More

October – Order from Chaos – Tales from Bungay Museum

03 Oct 2022

Our October meeting will be at Bungay Museum where the volunteer curator, our own Dr Lorna Richardson will tell us the story of the museum itself and talk to us... Read More

September – Going for a Walk Pt ll – Dr Sarah Spooner

31 Aug 2022

Going for a Walk Pt ll with Dr Sarah Spooner is on September 17th. After our walk down Pymar’s Lane in March we’ll be leaving south Norfolk and popping across... Read More

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November – Living with Monuments – Excavations at Flixton

31 Oct 2022

On November 19th we’re pleased to welcome as our speaker Simon Picard of Cotswold Archaeology Suffolk. Simon has worked extensively as a project officer on the site at Flixton and will be coming to talk to us about the latest discoveries there and the history of the site. Finds at... Read More

October – Order from Chaos – Tales from Bungay Museum

03 Oct 2022

Our October meeting will be at Bungay Museum where the volunteer curator, our own Dr Lorna Richardson will tell us the story of the museum itself and talk to us about some of the highlights of the collection. We’ll be meeting at 2.00pm on October 22nd in the council chamber.... Read More

September – Going for a Walk Pt ll – Dr Sarah Spooner

31 Aug 2022

Going for a Walk Pt ll with Dr Sarah Spooner is on September 17th. After our walk down Pymar’s Lane in March we’ll be leaving south Norfolk and popping across the border to High Suffolk to explore the curiously named Shoe Devil Lane and the landscape leading round to the... Read More

July Meeting – Michael Schmoelz – Controlling the Quest for Sanctity

25 Jun 2022

Controlling the quest for sanctity – the pilgrimage business and how to escape it. For our July meeting we welcome back Michael Schmoelz. Michael last spoke to us back in March 2019 about medieval pilgrimage and the importance to both pilgrims and the church of the healing powers of the... Read More

June Meeting – Dr James Wright – Medieval Stonemasons: from Quarry to Cathedral

18 May 2022

After a couple of live meetings with Dr Helen Geake and Professor Tristan Carter we’re heading back to Zoom for our June meeting when we welcome back Dr James Wright of Triskele Heritage to talk to us about the work of the medieval stonemason. If you watched any of James’s... Read More

May Meeting – Prof. Tristan Carter – Excavating Suffolk’s First Farmers

27 Apr 2022

New Work at the Freston Causewayed Enclosure On May 14th we welcome Professor Tristan Carter, Professor of Anthropology at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. Fortunately for us he is currently on sabbatical and living in Ipswich. Tristan will be telling us about the 2019/2021 excavations at the Freston early Neolithic... Read More

April meeting – Dr Helen Geake – the Sutton Hoo ship

25 Mar 2022

For our first face to face meeting in over two years we we’re very pleased to welcome Dr Helen Geake who will be talking to us about her work at Sutton Hoo and with the Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company who are building a full size reconstruction of the 7th century... Read More

Cancelled – November meeting – Prehistory in the Peloponnese

06 Oct 2021

Please note this meeting has been cancelled. Just for a change this November we’re heading a long way from the Waveney Valley, back to Neolithic times in prehistoric Greece. Dr Ian Seath and Alex Falconer are both biologists with an enduring interest in prehistory. Ian has always been obsessed with... 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!

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