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Heads up! We have published a double edition of the Transactions in honour of our 150th anniversary - members watch out for copies being delivered to you via the post!! Also check out our anniversary logo on the front cover!!
As part of our 150th anniversary, BGAS is awarding £500 to every YAC group in our region. Unrestricted support for the brilliant work they do introducing young people to real archaeology. We look forward to sharing updates of activities funded by the grants later this year.
The BGAS150 Small Grants Scheme is open!
Up to £400 for public engagement projects in Bristol & Gloucestershire during our 150th year.
Open to community groups, heritage organisations, schools & more. Help us celebrate 150 years of archaeology & history. www.bgas.org.uk/projects/150...
Our next FREE talk is on 26 January! "Beating the Pandemic: The Plague in Bristol in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries" by Dr Evan Jones. Time: 7.45 (Refreshments from 7.15) Venue: Apostle Room, Clifton Cathedral, Pembroke Rd., Bristol, BS8 3BX www.bgas.org.uk/events/categ...
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Big year for us next year...our 150th Anniversary! Keep an eye on our website for a bumper activity programme and a new small grant offer to support engagement.
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Our next Bristol Section talk is "Bristol and Lloyd George’s Land Valuation of 1909" by Richard Graydon 24 November www.bgas.org.uk/events/event...
Did someone mention Withington? Read more in our Transactions about Roman finds at Withington and an archaeological evaluation undertaken there by Channel 4 Television’s Time Team
programme #MosaicMonday www.bgas.org.uk/tbgas_bg/v12...
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It could be YOUR project or organisation - you just have to apply by 30th September - not in it .....can't win it!! socmusarch.org.uk/sma-awards-2...
Our 2025-26 programme of FREE lectures has been published for venues in both Bristol and Gloucester - find out more here: www.bgas.org.uk/category/news
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Our Library move is complete and we have re-opened! All access details are here: www.bgas.org.uk/resources/bg...
Last day to submit a proposal today!! Go on you know you want to!!
This discovery and excavation are the subject of our afternoon session tomorrow (5th July) at the
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symposium in Cirencester. Online tickets (£6 plus booking fee) are still available to book here: eventbrite.com/e/archaeolog...
Our in-person tickets are now all SOLD OUT ....but you can still book to attend online . Book via Eventbrite here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archaeolog...
An image of one side of the Jupiter Column capital that once stood in the centre of Roman Corinium . It features Bacchus.
Bookings are now open for 'Archaeology in Gloucestershire 2025: A Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Symposium'
July 5, 2025 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM at Corinium Museum, Cirencester. #Archaeology www.bgas.org.uk/events/event...
A decorated silver D-shaped buckle ring to the right with a silver gilt, garnet and blue glass pin and plate with rivets to the left and a large black question mark in the middle.
Three separate finds....parts of the same object? All from a similar area in South Gloucestershire reported by finders to @findsorguk.bsky.social and acquired by Bristol Museum #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art... and finds.org.uk/database/art... and finds.org.uk/database/art...
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This year's presidential meeting (members only) will be hosted by John Stevens. It will consist of a walking tour of Bristol taking in three historic sites. www.bgas.org.uk/news/save-th...
TEMPORARY BGAS LIBRARY CLOSURE
The temporary closure of the BGAS library has now begun.
The library is due to re-open in early July - we have asked for book return dates to be extended to 1 August 2025. www.bgas.org.uk/resources/bg...
Call to arms - what can you share about, or in, our local museums???
Do you create or use heritage science data? The Heritage Science Data Service is being developed to support everyone to access, use and create new research with heritage science data. Make sure it works for you by responding to our user needs survey here: surveymonkey.com/r/HSDS_UN_Survey1
Volunteering Opportunity: From Store to Store: Uncovering Gloucester’s Archaeological Treasures. Volunteers being sought at the end of April to help sort, re-box and consolidate archaeological archives in Gloucester. www.bgas.org.uk/news/volunte...
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Calling all students and those that lecture them! Spread the word - if you're studying in the UK and passionate about archaeology, you can now become a student member of the Council for British Archaeology for just £5. www.archaeologyuk.org/support-us/j...
TEMPORARY BGAS LIBRARY CLOSURE
The BGAS library will be closed during May and June 2025, as the collection is to be moved by the University of Gloucestershire from their Hardwick Admin Centre to Frances Close Hall campus. See www.bgas.org.uk/resources/bg...
Set of small gold bracelet like objects nestled inside each other Rights Holder: The British Museum CC License.
It's #FindsFriday so here's a spectacular treasure find! The Woolaston Hoard of Bronze Age gold ornaments found in 2013 and reported to @findsorguk.bsky.social - explore 3D models and read the full report here finds.org.uk/database/art...
Black and white photo showing people removing turf from the top of a low mound in a field. Photo: Alan Saville
Our Transactions are a mine of information - for #TombTuesday we'd like to share Alan Saville's presidential address 'Anatomising an Archaeological Project – Hazleton Revisited'. www.bgas.org.uk/tbgas_bg/v12...
The overgrown ruins of Spoonley Wood Roman villa, with a corrugated iron sheet over some of the remains.
A heavily restored Roman mosaic. Although it is rather muddy, a pattern of red and black tiles can be seen, with a circular motif inside a square frame.
Hidden in Spoonley Wood near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire are the remains of a Roman villa. It was excavated and heavily restored in the 1880s, but since then nature has returned. Today, its mosaic floor is protected only by a tarpaulin and overgrown corrugated iron shelter #MosaicMonday
