Speakers and Lectures
These cover a wide range of topics from all areas of archaeology. These
include guest speakers, hands-on talks on artifacts as well as practical
work.
Site Visits
We organise day trips to historical and archaeological sites. These include
organised tours of some of the major British sites and Museums, as well as visits
to areas of particulary acheaological importance.
Research and Practical Work
The Society is actively involved in research and practical work. This includes
fieldwalking in the North Bucks area as well as an occasional small excavation.
Finds processing, site planning and analysis of data are all necessary tasks
associated with this work.
Social Activities
One of our objectives is to provide a forum for meeting people of similar
interests. Our annual picnic, Christmas party and fun
quiz are all part of our less formal side.
For more information see our Current
Programme
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Astwood Village Pond
The construction of the pond on the village green in Astwood began on Saturday 18th October 2003. Society members were in attendance to perform a watching brief. Other than a couple of old concrete standing for sheds, little was uncovered, and nothing of archaeological significance. Details can be seen on the Astwood report page
Excavation at Tickford Abbey
We hope to continue our excavations at Tickford Abbey soon.
Excavations at Tickford were carried out over the weekend of 28th-29th July 2001.
The weekend was moderately successful. We uncovered another robbed-out medieval wall, with a probable Saxon occupation layer beneath. We also found pretty good evidence of the Priory gatehouse in the middle of the front lawn, with a wall tumble and a courtyard surface.
There were also a few interesting finds, including some rather nice fragments of painted glass, probably medieval, and an 'exchequer token' (C.17th?) i.e. a counter used for making calculations on an abacus-like chequerboard cloth.
Look at the Report for the Records of Bucks from our previous excavation at Tickford.
For up-to-date information, or if you are interested in taking part in either of these activities, please contact us via e-mail -
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Recent Fieldwork
For a more detailed description of recent fieldwork see the previous fieldwork page.
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