Archaeology Group Lecture: New Light on the “Dark Ages” in South East Dorset
This month's lecture will be given by Lilian Ladle, OBE Recent work looking at ancient DNA has provided family links […]
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- Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion The Plocks, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AA
Archaeology Group Lecture: Ripples in the Gene Pool that made us who are we
Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion The Plocks, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AAWe are delighted to welcome back the archaeologist and TV presenter Julian Richards for this month's lecture. What do we […]
Friday Talk: Railways in Blandford
Blandford Parish Centre The Tabernacle, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DWIn the first Friday talk of our Autumn 2025 season, we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the first passenger […]
Archaeology Group Lecture: Big Pits and Big Game
Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion The Plocks, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AAProfessor Josh Pollard from Southampton University will talk about pitfall traps and the hunting of large animals in prehistoric Britain. […]
Friday Talk: Echoes of Christmas Past
Blandford Parish Centre The Tabernacle, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DWJoin us to kick off the festive season with a look back at the customs and entertainments of Christmasses past […]
Archaeology Group Lecture: Waddon Hill: A Roman Fort in West Dorset
Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion The Plocks, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AAOur first lecture of 2026 will be given by Dr Jon Milward, Bournemouth University's Archaeology Project Officer. Waddon Hill, west […]
Archaeology Group Lecture: In the Shadow of the Church
Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion The Plocks, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AAIn the summer of 2025, Context One Heritage & Archaeology excavated over 80 burials a short distance from St Mary's […]
Friday Talk: The Voyages of Molly
Blandford Parish Centre The Tabernacle, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DWLondon, Liverpool and Bristol are well known for their involvement in the trading of enslaved people, but many smaller British […]
Archaeology Group Lecture: Social and genetic transformation in southern England, 2500 BC
Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion The Plocks, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AAIn this talk, Edrys Lupprian of the Blandford Museum Archaeology Group presents a biosocial model arising from her research into […]
Friday Talk: Blandford’s Corn Exchange Renvovation
Blandford Town Hall The Corn Exchange, Market Place, DT11 7AG, Blandford Forum, United KingdomLinda Scott-Giles, Town Clerk to Blandford Forum Town Council, will deliver a talk on the Corn Exchange project and the […]
Cancelled: Archaeology Group Lecture
Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion The Plocks, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AAUnfortunately our speaker for Thursday evening is unwell and is not able to come to Blandford to give our monthly […]
Friday Talk: The history and craft of Rushwork on the River Stour
Blandford Parish Centre The Tabernacle, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DWIn this illustrated talk, Anna Lewington will give an overview of the history of rush cutting and rushwork as practised […]