Archaeology Talk

Excavations at Grove Airfield and Crab Hill

By Martin Allen, of Oxford Archaeology

Wednesday 2nd October 2024

Doors open 7pm. Talk starts at 7.30pm.

Including:

Grove Airfield – From Middle Bronze-age farming, and late Iron-age/Romano-British settlement

Crab Hill – Iron Age, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon settlement and farming activity

Venue: St John’s CoE Academy (primary), Stanley Hall Road, Grove, OX12 0GR

Tickets: Free to attend but must be booked in advance as numbers are limited. Book at the museum reception (in person or by phone/email) or email Hugh Rees hugh@citidata.co.uk

Please note this talk is for adults only.

Museum reception 01235 771447 or info@valeanddownlandmuseum.org.uk

The Letcombe Brook, much loved by locals, is a chalk stream that runs from Letcombe Regis to East Hanney, providing water for local use today.  It is home to protected species such as white-clawed crayfish and water voles.  Chalk streams are globally rare, so the Letcombe Brook Project was set up in April 2003 to enhance and protect the natural beauty of the Brook.

Wilts & Berks Canal Trust (WBCT) is committed to restoring the full length of this historic canal, from Wiltshire through Swindon and into Oxfordshire. The aim is to create a sustainable and bio-diverse blue and green corridor that provides a host of attractive lifestyle and economic benefits to our communities and to visitors, as well as providing a safe and welcoming habitat for wildlife.

The Ridgeway National Trail is a legendary walking route in a surprisingly remote part of southern central England. It travels in a northeasterly direction for 87 miles (139 Km) from its start in the World Heritage Site of Avebury. As Britain’s oldest road, The Ridgeway still follows the same route over the high ground used since prehistoric times by travelers, herdsmen and soldiers.

Wantage.com is a community-run website providing local information, events and news for Wantage, Grove, and nearby villages.

Sustainable Wantage is a community action group run by volunteers interested in lifestyles that have a lower impact on the environment and increase our resourcefulness and resilience as a local community.

Lains Barn is a beautifully restored, listed barn set near the charming market town of Wantage, Oxfordshire. The timber-framed space, which dates back to 1750, features a stunning main barn, festoon light-lined gallery, custom-built bar, beautiful tiled floor and large, wooden doors which open onto a lawned courtyard – ideal for outdoor celebrations and ceremonies.

History in the Vale

A group for individuals, local history group representatives and others from the wider OX12 area to promote, discuss and share local history in the vale.

The latest newsletter can be found here HITV Newsletter 1 apr2024.