Cate Davies

Congratulations to Alistair who has been elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in London!

This is an amazing honour and achievement as the election procedure is highly selective: nominations for fellowship of the society can come only from existing fellows, and must be signed by between five and twelve existing fellows. Elections then occur by ballot, and a prospective candidate must have twice as many ‘yes’ votes as ‘no’ votes.

Fellowship of the Society of Antiquaries in London is a recognition of significant achievement in the fields of archaeology, antiquities, history and heritage, well done Alistair!

This is the title of a presentation by James Gerrard at the joint CBASE and KAS conference on 12 November, which this year explores the theme of Agriculture, Industry and Trade in the Roman South East.

Groundworks contractors in Plumstead have found an unexpected air raid shelter! Our evaluation trenches in different parts of the site had previously uncovered two phases of 19th century occupation.

We’ve made the news with our discovery of an Iron Age Farm on a large-scale excavation ahead of the Monksfield development in Cambridgeshire.

Mark Hinman, as CAS conference secretary, has organised the first annual round-up on archaeology in the region since 2019. This event is open to all with no pre-booking required.

Christiane Meckseper will be giving a talk to the Haddenham Local History Group on Thursday 17^th November at 7.30pm at the Arkenstall Centre in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire.

Barking Abbey School recognised that due to the cost of living crisis, both parents and children were struggling to afford food and school uniform so they set up a school food and uniform bank. They had asked for donations from local businesses to support them in buying new stock.