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PLEASE NOTE: This session will run on Sunday as opposed to the usual Saturday.

Meeting at the Pumping Station for the monthly session between 1030-1230. We will have a talk on the History of Land Drainage on the Somerset Levels and the learn more of the history and what is involved in preserving the first pumping station. We will recieve a tour of the musuem and engage with some exhibits and ride on the 2′ narrow Gauge Railway with tour of the locomotive shed.

You are welcome to bring a picnic for lunch and their is a £5 cost per person for this trip.

More details to follow.

Meeting at the Blake Museum, Bridgwater, you’ll have the chance to explore the museum for an hour before Chris Sidaway takes us on a guided walk around the dock area.

Details to follow, but this will be at the Museum of Somerset from 1030-1230.

Our next session will be on Saturday 4th November 10.30am – 12.30pm in
the Learning Room at the Museum of Somerset.

The topic will be Prehistoric Henges!  What are these mysterious ancient
earthworks?  The most famous is Stonehenge but there are many more
scattered across the UK and Ireland.  Who built them and how?  What were
they used for?  They are not found anywhere else in the world so come
along to our next session to unravel the mystery of these huge circular
monuments!

Please email to book your place for this session.

The session will run from 1030-1230 at the Learning Rooms at the Museum of Somerset.

Our next session will be on Saturday 2nd September where we have been invited by Context One Archaeology to take part in their excavation of a prehistoric site near Broomfield on the Quantock Hills!

The site was discovered by aerial photography where changes in the growth of crops planted in the field reveal a circular enclosure nearly 100m across.  The size and shape of the enclosure suggest it could be Neolithic or Bronze Age.  The purpose of the excavation is to find out exactly what and how old the enclosure is.

There is hardly any parking at the site and so the Quantock Hills Landscape Partnership have arranged for minibuses to take us up there. The minibuses will pick us up at 10am from Castle Green outside the Museum of Somerset.  I will confirm the time we’ll get back to Taunton nearer the time but this will probably be around 3.30 -4pm.

Please bring:
Warm and waterproof clothing and footwear
Sunhat and sun cream
Lunch, drinks and snacks
Gardening kneeler and gloves if you have them.

Please email to book your place on this exciting opportunity!

The first of our Summer digs will be on Saturday 5th August at the village of East Lambrook near South Petherton.  We will meet at East Lambrook Manor Gardens at 9.30am (postcode TA13 5HH).  Meet at 3.30pm in the car park for pick up.  Please bring:

• Lunch, drinks and snacks
• Waterproof coat
• Sturdy footwear
• Sun hat and sun cream
• Garden kneeler if you have one
• Gardening gloves

We will be digging a number of test pits near the village centre to try and find out information about the date of the origin of the village.  Some of the buildings date back to 15th and 16th centuries, or possibly earlier.

We have been invited to East Lambrook by the Kingsbury Time Travellers and MAYA’s visit will be the launch of a major new archaeological project in the village.

Please email to book your place for this exciting opportunity!