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OUT OF LONDON ORDINARY MEETING OF FELLOWS LECTURE Monks, bishops and booty: ‘Marwnad Cynddylan’ and the Staffordshire Hoard Lecture by Dr Jenny Rowland (University College Dublin) The lament for Cynddylan, a seventh-century king of Powys, has long been comparatively neglected. Since I edited it many years ago there have been new editions and studies, but the […]
ORDINARY MEETING OF FELLOWS LECTURE Anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship and the Earliest English Castles Lecture by Dr Michael Shapland FSA It has long been assumed that England lay outside the Western European tradition of castle-building until after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is now becoming apparent that Anglo-Saxon lords had been constructing free-standing towers […]
This event has been postponed. Please see statement from the Society regarding the Coronavirus outbreak here. Join us for a unique opportunity to visit the historic apartments of the Society of Antiquaries of London at Burlington House and to learn about the history of one of Britain's oldest learned societies – a perfect way to […]
ONLINE PUBLIC LECTURE Stonehenge Solstice AD2020 by Dr Heather Sebire FSA, Senior Property Curator at Stonehenge, English Heritage This lecture will look at the archaeological significance of Stonehenge and in the lead up to the summer solstice its astronomical significance both in ancient and modern times. Items from the society collection will be used to […]