Evening Heritage Talk: The Dawn of Britannia - The Weird and Wonderful Romans at Priors Hall
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As part of the Festival, we are pleased to announce a series of free evening talks at the Chester House Estate in July.
The talks will highlight amazing discoveries from recent archaeological excavations and new research taking place in Northamptonshire.
Wednesday 13th July – ‘The Dawn of Britannia - The Weird and Wonderful Romans at Priors Hall, Corby’ by Paddy Lambert (Oxford Archaeology East)
This talk presents the preliminary results of the nationally significant archaeological and award-winning excavations undertaken by Oxford Archaeology East on the estate of a large Roman villa in Northamptonshire.
The incredible well-preserved remains included a Romano-British building site, a temple-mausoleum converted to a tile factory, various manufactories, a Roman road and much, much more! For lovers of the Roman world, it ranks amongst the most exciting and important Late Romano-British archaeology encountered from anywhere Roman Britain and it’s a journey not to be missed.
Paddy Lambert is a Project Officer at Oxford Archaeology East and specialises in the history and material culture of the Roman world. He ran the excavations.
All talks are FREE but require booking. To read the abstract for a talk and to book a place please click the relevant link above.
All talks start at 7pm in the Threshing Barn at the Chester House Estate and are scheduled to take 45 minutes to an hour with time for questions.
If attending an evening talk, please park in the Lime Avenue Car Park. The bar will be open for refreshments before and after the talk.
Book tickets for Wednesday 13th July below, talk by Paddy Lambert (7pm)
The talks will highlight amazing discoveries from recent archaeological excavations and new research taking place in Northamptonshire.
Wednesday 13th July – ‘The Dawn of Britannia - The Weird and Wonderful Romans at Priors Hall, Corby’ by Paddy Lambert (Oxford Archaeology East)
This talk presents the preliminary results of the nationally significant archaeological and award-winning excavations undertaken by Oxford Archaeology East on the estate of a large Roman villa in Northamptonshire.
The incredible well-preserved remains included a Romano-British building site, a temple-mausoleum converted to a tile factory, various manufactories, a Roman road and much, much more! For lovers of the Roman world, it ranks amongst the most exciting and important Late Romano-British archaeology encountered from anywhere Roman Britain and it’s a journey not to be missed.
Paddy Lambert is a Project Officer at Oxford Archaeology East and specialises in the history and material culture of the Roman world. He ran the excavations.
All talks are FREE but require booking. To read the abstract for a talk and to book a place please click the relevant link above.
All talks start at 7pm in the Threshing Barn at the Chester House Estate and are scheduled to take 45 minutes to an hour with time for questions.
If attending an evening talk, please park in the Lime Avenue Car Park. The bar will be open for refreshments before and after the talk.
Book tickets for Wednesday 13th July below, talk by Paddy Lambert (7pm)