View from Crickley a couple of days ago

Videos by Spencer Hann of the Crickley Excavations may be found on the links below

Crickley Hill Excavations 1980s (A) from Spencer Hann

Crickley Hill Excavations 1980s (B) from Spencer Hann

Crickley Hill Excavations 1980s (C) from Spencer Hann

Crickley in the 1590s

To my delight, I have discovered an embroidered map of the area dating from the 1590s now on show at the Bodleian.

"A huge Elizabethan tapestry map of Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties has gone on public display for the first time in more than a century. Visitors can see the map for free at the Bodleian’s Weston Library in Oxford where admission is free.

Woven in wool and silk, the map shows Oxfordshire as well as a vast area stretching from Cheltenham to central London and measures 3.5 by 5.5 metres. The map is only partially complete but what remains features beautiful and incredibly detailed illustrations of sixteenth-century towns and villages, rivers and streams, forests, castles and cathedrals."

50th Anniversary Crickley Hill Archaeological Conference

50th Anniversary Crickley Hill Archaeological Conference

A residential conference has been arranged to mark this momentous anniversary at the Royal Agricultural University Stroud Rd, Cirencester GL7 6JS between Friday 5 July and Sunday 7 July 2019. Those not wishing to stay overnight are welcome to join us for all or part of the proceedings.

Adjustments have been made to programme and timetable & reducing cost. Payment details are available from me if you send me a message on Facebook or to the email address on this blog.
Programme
Friday 5 July

15.00 onwards - Arrival & check-in for those staying
16.30 Welcome & tea
18.15 Drinks
19.15 Dinner followed by welcoming speech & reminiscence

Richard has arranged for the Warden at Leckhampton to open the gates so we can get up to that site on Saturday morning and suggests that we then have picnic lunch at Crickley.
He also suggests a visit in the afternoon to the barrows at Emma’s Grove.
In the event of seriously wet weather, it is proposed that we visit Corinium Museum and Amphitheatre, but still plan to rendez-vous at Crickley for the picnic lunch (there is now a very good café up there run by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust).

Saturday 6th July

08.00 – 09.00 Breakfast for overnight residents
10.00 Field trips/churches/museums dependent on weather (packed lunches provided for residents)
16.30 Tea (if you’re back)
18.15 Drinks
19.15 Dinner followed by PWD lecture

Sunday 7th July
08.00 – 09.00 Breakfast for overnight residents
Residents check out

10.00 Field trips etc 

Costs

Bed and breakfast per night:
Single en suite £49.00 Double en suite £86.00 Twin en suite £81.00

Packed lunch on Saturday per head £5.60

Afternoon tea & dinner per day per head £24.25 (drinks to be paid for separately)

The Trustees have kindly agreed to collect the money and pay RAU.

Please pay the money in advance by credit transfer to the Trust’s bank account having obtained the bank details from me by Facebook message or email address on this blog .
Please confirm to me no later than 22nd June, which dates/parts you plan to attend, and that you have paid.
Please also let me have a note of any allergies or special dietary requirements so that they can be passed on to the RAU.

Other options for excursions on Saturday afternoon and Sunday include:
Painswick Beacon
Chedworth Roman Villa
Witcombe Roman Villa
Painswick Church
The Rococo Garden in Painswick is genuinely that, restored by excavation – it was simply abandoned – and from a very detailed contemporary picture which I think was done using a camera obscura. The result is stunning, and although I am no garden historian I believe it is unique. It might be particularly appropriate for Sunday afternoon.")
We appreciate, not least because we are dependent on the weather that the sites visited may need to be adjusted, though I suggest that Crickley at lunchtime on Saturday be a fixed point, no matter what the weather.