led by Norman Redhead
meet at Castleshaw Centre Car park, Waterworks Rd, Delph OL3 5LZ
(This is the rescheduled event, postponed by a heat wave)
Guided by Roger Hargreaves
meet at Manor Park car park. Corn St, Glossop SK13 8QE
Re-election of Officers & Committee, Finances, Subscriptions
Before it makes further plans, the committee would like to hear from members what they think the Society ought to be doing from here on.
at Charlesworth & Chisworth Cricket Club, SK13 5HJ
Coming from Glossop, the entrance is on the left immediately after the recreation ground; from Marple Bridge, it’s first right after Lee Head. There’s a bus stop sign next to the entrance. You then drive up the track, bearing right at the top into the cricket ground; parking is on the right.
No meetings arranged yet
Pubs are not allowed to open yet, and various members are vulnerable. But when meetings are eventually arranged, we'll post something about them!
No meetings
Social distancing, while we all try to survive this pandemic.
Norman Redhead talk about the Castleshaw Hinterland Survey and lessons for Melandra
With Adam Thompson of Salford University
A discussion of the issues involved in mounting a bigger (possibly two-week) dig in 2020 in association with Salford CfAA, who would apply for Heritage lottery funding.
Members may express an interest in taking part and also say what times of year they might be available and for how long, also what they would want or be prepared to do.
As this will be a well-publicised community dig in a very accessible location, there will be a particular need for volunteers to engage with the public and maintain site safety and security.
A talk by Roger on workhouses, particularly the Glossop workhouse and it's first building, dating from 1835.
A.G.M. and discussion of recent test pitting near Melandra - what was found, what wasn't found, and what future plans might be made.
This month we've decided to have a social evening so we can have a chance to have a natter. There will also be informal presentations of Mike Brown's old slides of Melandra circa 1966, photo's from our recent test pitting exercise and our recent Lightside field walk.
chaired by Roger Hargreaves:
Dr. Abi Stone, Department of Geography, Manchester University
Dr. Abi Stone is a senior lecturer in physical geography and her research uses portable optically stimulated luminescence (pOSL) to understand and date soil sediments. This is a particularly useful dating method for sites where no organic remains survive for radiocarbon dating eg. where acidic soil conditions destroy bone (like here!).
Dr Anne Teather
Anne and her husband Professor Andrew Chamberlain presented details of their recent paper on the enigmatic Folkton Drums. These are three elaborately decorated chalk cylinders found with a child's burial within a barrow in Folkton, Yorkshire. It is believed they date from the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age. The purpose of these artefacts has always been up for discussion but it appears Anne may have found the answer.
Dr Kevin Coutes - Site Director at Poulton Research Project.
Poulton, in Cheshire West, is a multi-period site that could be one of the most amazing Iron Age sites in England, with finds from prehistoric, Roman and medieval times as well as numerous skeletons from around the site of a medieval chapel.
Roger Hargreaves
A brief summary of what's known about the site, the excavation history, a precis of GLAS's involvement, and an outline of current issues.
Roger Hargreaves
With a discussion of possible archaeological dig at Melandra
It was suggested that we should apply for permission to do some test-pitting on non-scheduled land - for which we'd need permission from the local council as landowner.
This may then be followed with a full archaeological dig in collaboration with Salford Archaeology, if grant applications can be successfully made.
Football (the World Cup) took over the pub!
Paul Beckmann
A talk on research into WW1 munitions production at Hawkshead Mill, Old Glossop.
Roger Hargreaves presentation
With particular emphasis on the heritage value of the Town Hall. The 180th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone is in June, and an announcement is due about replacement of the roof.
A walk, the primary aim of which is to look at what appears to be a prehistoric (probably IronAge/Romano-British) field system on the slopes of Brown Hill
Tim Campbell-Green will be talking about the Whitfield Cross
Rescheduled from February
Anne Teather talk on Prehistoric Orkney
No meeting
Cancelled due to snow
A walk, the primary aim of which is to look at what appears to be a prehistoric (probably IronAge/Romano-British) field system on the slopes of Brown Hill
A guided walk to see Mouselow and Hadfield village centre, and consider possible archaeological investigations.
A talk on "Tin Town", the temporary town created for the workforce on the Derwent dams, by John Searle.
