Conference - Shining a Light on Roman Roadside Settlements (hybrid)

The Surrey Archaeological Society's Roman Studies Group and the Sussex School of Archaeology and History are running a hybrid one-day conference. The fee is £20 in person, £15 online (early bird £18, £12).

For more details and booking: https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/rsg-conference-shining-a-light-on-roman-roadside-settlement-in-south-east-england

• 09.15-10.00am REGISTRATION Bookstalls and stands
• 10.00-10.10am Dr David Rudling: AM Chairman’s Welcome
• 10.10-11.00am Prof Tony King: On the road in the Western Roman Empire: ancient motels, caravanserai and emporia.
• 11.00-11.30am COFFEE & BISCUITS Visit the bookstalls & stands
• 11.30-12.15pm Mike Luke Alfoldean: What do we know after 100 years of archaeological investigation?
• 12.15-1.00pm David Calow: Four coin-rich roadside settlements in Surrey
• 1.00-2.00pm LUNCH BREAK Visit the bookstalls and stands
• 2.00-2.40pm Chris Butler: The Roman settlement at Hassocks in its landscape setting, and its Anglo-Saxon successor
• 2.40-3.20pm Rob Wallace: Bridge Farm - The nature of a defended settlement at the junction of two Roman roads and the River Ouse
• 3.20-3.40pm TEA & BISCUITS: Visit the bookstalls and stands
• 3.40-4.10pm Matt Sparks andDavid Rudling: Roman Croydon - the course of the road and the location of the settlement
• 4.10-4.40pm David Staveley: Icklesham - Which came first, the chicken or the settlement?
• 4.40-4.50pm David Calow: Chairman’s Closing Remarks