Thank you to everyone who came to any of our meetings and events in the last year as we gradually found our way back to something approaching post-pandemic normality. We... Read More
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
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
Thank you to everyone who came to any of our meetings and events in the last year as we gradually found our way back to something approaching post-pandemic normality. We hope you enjoyed the. As you know, we’ll be taking December off, but we’re back in January with more guest... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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