Friends of Castleshaw Roman Forts

Excavation Programme - 2024

Lecture/Activity Programme - 2024/25

2024 Autumn	Activity
September 18^th	Jane Richardson (Manager for WYAS Archaeological Services) - Excavations at Garforth – a Roman and Medieval cemetery
October 16^th	Norman Redhead (Former Greater Manchester County Archaeologist) – The Development of the Medieval Castle in England and Wales
November 20^th	Peter Noble (Independent Archaeologist and Bronze Age specialist) - Bronze Age Cairns in the Borderlands: Recent discoveries by Glossop and Longdendale Archaeology Society
December 11^th	Ian Miller (County Archaeologist for Greater Manchester) 'The Archaeology of Coccium (Roman Wigan)'.

2025 Spring	Activity
February 19^th	Andrew Myers (Archaeological Researcher and expert on the Mesolithic period) - Even smaller flints in big landscapes: The Later Mesolithic of the North West
Marth 19^th	AGM followed by Norman Redhead (Archaeological Adviser to the Friends of Castleshaw Roman Forts) – a review of the 2024 Castleshaw Roman Fort Annexe excavations and plans for 2025.

Talks Entry is £1-00 for members, £3-00 for non-members.

Unless indicated all meetings are at
Civic Hall, Lee Street, Uppermill, OL3 6AE

7:30 pm Directions/Map ... Here. T.B.C. = To Be Confirmed
Use the side entrance to the Civic Hall (Near the rear car park)
and it's the room facing you through the door.

Map

Digital version of 'Saddleworth Seven One Two'

We are very pleased to have been given permission to publish a digital version of the booklet 'Saddleworth Seven One Two'.
This booklet contains the work of The late Donald Haigh and the '712 Group' during the 1970s and early 1980s in tracing the route of Roman Road 'Margary 712' From Manchester, out of Oldham and towards the forts at Castleshaw.
For futher details see here, the booklet is available from the Documents page.

The next scheduled meeting of the Friends is:

Tues 11th Sept, 7:30 pm at Saddleworth Museum, Uppermill. (map)