This section contains details of our programme of lectures and our summer visits. For the schedule of SOAG fieldwork see SOAG Calendar.
Programme of Lectures
We run a mixture of online and in-person lectures. The in-person lectures are held at the Sonning Common Village Hall (location map) at 7.30 pm (unless stated otherwise) and are open to all, although donations at the door are appreciated. (Note this is a change from the venue we have used in recent years - Goring Heath Parish Hall in Whitchurch Hill)
For the online meetings SOAG members will be sent an invitation to register for the meeting in an email and-or in SOAG Messenger, our newsletter. Non members who wish to attend should email events@soagarch.org.uk to receive registration details.
2023-24 lecture series
Thursday
October
5
2023
Lecture by:
Steve Teague (Project Officer, Oxford Archaeology)
Title: Graven Hill through time: recent Iron Age,
Roman, Saxon & Medieval discoveries to the south of Bicester
Thursday
Nov
2
2023
Lecture
by:
Alison
McQuitty
Title:
'Khirbat Faris: rural settlement,
continuity
change in Southern Jordan from the Nabatean to Modern Periods (1st century
BC - 20th century AD)
Thursday Dec
7 2023
Review of SOAG Archaeology and Christmas Social
Thursday
Feb
1 2024
(online
via Zoom)
Lecture
by:
Cotswold Archaeology (speaker to be
announced)
Title:
'Kelmscott
Manor'
Thursday
Mar
7 2024
Lecture by:
Will Attard (archaeologist, lithics specialist and flintknapper)
Title: 'Experimental archaeology, hands-on heritage and the benefits of
engaging with ancient skills'
Thursday
April 4
2024
SOAG AGM,
then:
Lecture by: Steve Weaver (Planning
Archaeologist, Oxfordshire County Council)
Title: 'Review of Recent Archaeology in Oxfordshire'
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Summer visits
Visits are organized to places of archaeological and historical interest and are open to SOAG members and their guests. They are usually organised as private tours with the site experts as our guides. The tours are also social occasions for SOAGs often incorporating a pub lunch.
We also organise archaeology walks in South Oxfordshire for SOAG members.
Other Events
See the SOAG calendar for a diary listing all SOAG happenings including fieldwork.