A Visit to Wightwick Manor and Bridgnorth is being arranged by Margaret Howlett for Saturday, 4th September 2010. The cost will be £25.00 per person, including admission and a guided tour, the cost for National Trust members will be £17.00 per person.
We will have a different Mansfield departure point for this trip, and the coach will be leaving the Odeon Cinema, Nottingham Road (behind Sainsbury's) at 8.30 am. The Sutton in Ashfield pick-up at the Lammas will be 8.45am, as usual.
We will be arriving at Wightwick Manor at approx 10.00 am. for coffee and the guided tour will start at 10.45 am. The coach will leave Wightwick at 12.00 pm for lunch and the rest of the afternoon at Bridgnorth. The coach will depart from Bridgnorth at 5.00 pm and arrive home approx. 7.00 pm
The Society needs a minimum number of passengers to make this trip viable, so please ensure that you make your booking for this trip well before the deadline of Saturday, 7th August 2010. Margaret Howlett is arranging this trip, so again, if you have mislaid your booking form or wish to make a telephone booking please call her on 01623 652755.
The Council for British Archaeology is holding a two week Festival of Archaeology again this year commencing 17th July and ending 1st August 2010.
Our Society will be taking part in a small way and we will be getting some of the Iron Age pottery, (excavated by the Society at Dorket Head), out of the Archaeology Store in Mansfield Museum to put on display. Visitors will be allowed to handle pieces of the approximately two thousand year old Iron Age pottery and this will take place on Tuesday, 27th July from 10.30 am to 2.30 pm.
Mansfield Museum staff are also going to put on archaeologically themed activities for children, from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm, at a cost of £1.00 per child, no booking necessary.
In addition the Finds Liaison Officer from the Portable Antiquities Scheme will be on hand for a couple of hours to identify any finds that members of the public care to bring in on the day.
The Festival of Archaeology is a national event with many activities being held throughout the country. If you wish to see what is happening in Nottinghamshire, and the surrounding counties, please check the website for the Council of British Archaeology, www.britarch.ac.uk for details.
Past Events
March 2010 - The Society dinner at Launay's Restaurant went very well in pleasant surroundings with good food and good company, there were twentysix of us there on the night. Many thanks Margaret, and can we do the same next year?
April 2010 - A visit to the Ashmolean Museum was enjoyed by a full bus of passengers.
May 2010 - A small group had a tour of Carnfield Hall, near Alfreton.
July 2010 - A trip to Flag Fen and Ely was a great success.
