Saturday 11 October 2025 

Stories about major finds from Tripontium
Speaker: Dr Irene Glendinning

Starting in 1961, Rugby Archaeological Society has conducted over sixty years of research and excavation at the Roman settlement of Tripontium. With the signing of a new legal agreement with RAS in September 2025, Rugby Borough Council becomes the custodian of the Tripontium Collection. A special exhibition, on the first floor of Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, has been organised to mark the new status of the Collection. The exhibition will run between October 2025 and April 2026, with finds from the Collection not normally on display. This talk will explain the fascinating stories behind some of the most important artefacts in the Collection: where, when and how they were found and why they are important to the history of Roman Britain. Please join us if you can for the talk and the exhibition.
Irene has been RAS secretary since 1992. She edited Jack Lucas’s book on Tripontium published in 1997 and edited and published the 4th Tripontium report in 2005. She put together the British Archaeological Awards applications in 1994 and 2004, which led to the Pitt Rivers Award for RAS in 2004.