{"id":14026,"date":"2026-08-10T12:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/?p=14026"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:51:24","slug":"saturday-3rd-october-2026-archaeology-in-berkshire-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/08\/saturday-3rd-october-2026-archaeology-in-berkshire-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 3rd October 2026  &#8211; Archaeology in Berkshire 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Berkshire Archaeological Society Day School<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10am to 4:15pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Cornerstone, Norreys Lane, Wokingham RG40 1UE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All welcome.  \u00a315:  book online or pay at the door<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This day school brings together professional archaeologists, archaeological societies and those interested in archaeology in Berkshire and surrounding counties to hear reports about the latest projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>10:00<\/td><td><strong>Welcome\u00a0<\/strong><br><em>Andrew Hutt, Chair, Berkshire Archaeological Society<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10.05<\/td><td><strong>Recent archaeological work in West Berkshire<\/strong><br><em>Beth Asbury, Assistant Archaeologist, West Berkshire Council<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:35&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Recent archaeological work in East Berkshire<\/strong><br><em><em>Fiona Macdonald<\/em><\/em>, <em>Archaeology Officer, East Berkshire<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:05<\/td><td><strong>COFFEE \u2013 25 mins<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:30<\/td><td><strong><strong>Dedworth site:&nbsp;&nbsp;Bronze Age, Iron Age &amp; Early Mediaeval<\/strong><\/strong><br><em><em>Andy Taylor, Thames Valley AS<\/em><\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12:00&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Excavations at Wickham Roman roadside settlement<\/strong><br><em>Keith Abbott, Berkshire Archaeological Society<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12.30<\/td><td><strong>LUNCH \u2013 1 hour&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:30<\/td><td><strong>Water Oakley Quarry site:&nbsp;&nbsp;a Roman rural settlement<\/strong><br><em>Alex Guaggenti, John Moore HS<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:00<\/td><td><strong><strong>&nbsp;Kimbers Lane site:&nbsp;&nbsp;Mesolithic flints&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><br><em><em>Steve Ford, Thames Valley AS<\/em><\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:30<\/td><td><strong>TEA \u2013 30 mins<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:00<\/td><td><strong>Recent portable antiquity finds in Berkshire<\/strong><br><em>Phil Smither, PAS Officer, Berkshire<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:30<\/td><td><strong><strong>Britannia under the Boot, the Roman Army in SE England<\/strong><\/strong><br><em><em>Edwin Wood, University of London<\/em><\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16.00<\/td><td><strong>Finish<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsource.com\/booking\/t-qmzmvql\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsource.com\/images\/bookNow\/bookNow-black-large.png\" alt=\"Book now\" style=\"width:410px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsource.com\/booking\/t-qmzmvql\">https:\/\/www.ticketsource.com\/booking\/t-qmzmvql<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsource.com\/booking\/t-qmzmvql\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parking for the disabled is adjacent to the hall and there is usually space in Norrey\u2019s Avenue. There are public car parks in Easthampstead Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wokingham train station is a  10 minute walk and the 4\/X4 bus stops nearby in London Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bring a packed lunch or eat out in local restaurants and pubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berkshire Archaeological Society Day School 10am to 4:15pm The Cornerstone, Norreys Lane, Wokingham RG40 1UE All welcome. \u00a315: book online or pay at the door This day school brings together professional archaeologists, archaeological societies and those interested in archaeology in Berkshire and surrounding counties to hear reports about the latest projects. Programme 10:00 Welcome\u00a0Andrew Hutt, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/08\/saturday-3rd-october-2026-archaeology-in-berkshire-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saturday 3rd October 2026  &#8211; Archaeology in Berkshire 2026<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upcoming-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14026"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14052,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14026\/revisions\/14052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berksarch.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}