Archaeology Talks


Rugby Archaeology Society hold regular Saturday morning talks at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum.  Talks are free and open to all (age 16+ recommended).  Talks start at 10am and include pre and post networking and chat until 12pm  Please contact Rugby Archaeology Society for more details.  Talks are also available via Zoom.  Please contact RAS Secretary Dr Irene Glendinning to register ireneg@coventry.ac.uk .
 

Saturday 14 December 2024
Kathleen Kenyon and the Jewry Wall

A talk by Mathew Morris
 The Jewry Wall is a remarkable, 1,800-year-old survival of Roman Leicester. Today, thanks to the ground-breaking excavations by Kathleen Kenyon in the 1930s, we know it was part of the Roman city's public baths. This has not always been the case, however, with hundreds of years of heated debate about its purpose, from Roman temple to town hall, or even one of the town's gates. Join archaeologist Mathew Morris from University of Leicester Archaeological Services to discover the remarkable story of Britain’s largest surviving piece of Roman civic masonry and the pioneering archaeologist who excavated it.

Saturday 10 October 2026 


3,000 years of life and death at Overstone, Northamptonshire
Speaker: Simon Markus, Senior Project Manager at Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA).

Between February and December 2019 MOLA undertook excavations at Overstone, Northampton. These revealed one of the most significant Bronze Age funerary landscapes in Northamptonshire, comprising barrows, buildings and over 50 burials. In the 5th century AD a new settlement and cemetery were established alongside the barrows. The cemetery boasts what is believed to be the largest collection of amber beads in the country alongside brooches, spears, shields and other elaborate objects. New research is now unlocking the story of where these people came from and how they lived their lives.

Saturday 14 December 2024
Kathleen Kenyon and the Jewry Wall

A talk by Mathew Morris
 The Jewry Wall is a remarkable, 1,800-year-old survival of Roman Leicester. Today, thanks to the ground-breaking excavations by Kathleen Kenyon in the 1930s, we know it was part of the Roman city's public baths. This has not always been the case, however, with hundreds of years of heated debate about its purpose, from Roman temple to town hall, or even one of the town's gates. Join archaeologist Mathew Morris from University of Leicester Archaeological Services to discover the remarkable story of Britain’s largest surviving piece of Roman civic masonry and the pioneering archaeologist who excavated it.

Upcoming programme 2026/27


Saturday 10 October 2026 - 3,000 years of life and death at Overstone, Northamptonshire

Saturday 14 November 2026 - 
 
Saturday 12 December 2026 - 

Saturday 9 January 2027 - 

Saturday 13 February 2027- 

Saturday 13 March 2027-  

Saturday 10 April 2027 - 

Saturday 08 May 2027 - 

Saturday 12 June 2027- 

Saturday 10 July  2027 

The Use of 

Explore market stalls on a street in Tripontium and discover how the Romans lived and what they ate and wore. See for yourself some of the objects they left behind - such as jewellery, coins, pottery and ironwork.