Our 2023 News from the Past event was held on Saturday 4th March 2023 at the Priory Meeting Rooms, Bull Street, Birmingham, B4 6AF.
We hope you enjoyed a great day of talks on the latest archaeological discoveries in the West Midlands. It was a fantastic line-up of speakers this year, including –
•Dr Mike Hodder (University of Birmingham), ‘Sutton Park: New Discoveries and New Interpretations’.
•Dr Nigel Baker (Independent Field Archaeologist) and Viviana Caroli, (National Trust Archaeologist), ‘The lost Georgian pleasure-garden of Attingham Hall’
•Shane Kelleher (Staffordshire County Council), ‘Keeping on Keeping on: Archaeology in Staffordshire during the Pandemic’.
• Peter Lovett (Worcestershire Archaeology), ‘Further excavations at The Great Hall, Wolverhampton’.
•Tim Cornah (Worcestershire Archaeology), ‘The uses of photogrammetry in archaeology’.
•Teresa Gilmore and Victoria Allnatt (Portable Antiquities Scheme), ‘News from the Portable Antiquities Scheme in the West Midlands: 2022 Round-Up’.
•Tim Malim (Hampton Heritage Design & Consultancy, and Oswestry Heritage Gateway), ‘Old Oswestry Hillfort: ancient past, uncertain future’
•Harriet Bryant-Buck (Headland Archaeology), ‘Beorma Quarter, Digbeth: The 2020-2023 excavations’.
