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TCA Annual General Meeting June 2023

Posted on June 17, 2023 by tcablogmaster

A reminder that our Annual General Meeting for 2023 will take place by Zoom at 8pm on Tuesday 20 June 2023. All members should have received the joining instructions for the meeting and the agenda. We have some important issues … Continue reading →

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TCA Spring 2023 Newsletter

Posted on April 18, 2023 by tcablogmaster

Our editor has now finished her work on our Spring 2023 Newsletter and this is now being posted or delivered to all members. It should be with you within the next few days and we hope you enjoy reading your … Continue reading →

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Coring Project in Druitt Gardens, Christchurch

Posted on October 29, 2021 by tcablogmaster

We had a good day in Druitt Gardens on Thursday 28 October 2021 when our drilling contractor was on site for the next phase of our archaeological coring project in Druitt Gardens. The cores were drilled by a small, self-mobile, … Continue reading →

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Druitt Gardens Coring Project

Posted on October 24, 2021 by tcablogmaster

Earlier this year TCA was very pleased to receive a grant of funding from Christchurch Town Council in order to make further investigations of the geophysical anomalies discovered in our survey of 2019/2020. The type of investigation we proposed was … Continue reading →

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The Christchurch Antiquarians 2021 AGM

Posted on August 11, 2021 by tcablogmaster

A reminder that the 2021 AGM of TCA will be held via Zoom on Wednesday 18 August 2021 starting at 7.30pm. All members should have received an email or letter providing a link with which to join the meeting – … Continue reading →

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Druitt Gardens Coring Project

Posted on June 20, 2021 by tcablogmaster

In January 2021, we applied to Christchurch Town Council for funding to carry out further investigation of the geophysical anomaly which showed up during our 2019/2020 geophysical survey in Druitt Gardens. Part of Druitt Gardens is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, … Continue reading →

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Druitt Gardens Survey Report Published

Posted on July 15, 2020 by tcablogmaster

We managed to complete our geophysical survey of Druitt Gardens in early March 2020, just before the Covid-19 lockdown began.  Our Final Report on the survey was submitted in early July 2020 to Historic England as required under the terms … Continue reading →

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Resisitivity Imaging in Druitt Gardens

Posted on December 6, 2019 by tcablogmaster

At the beginning of December 2019, we carried out the second phase of our geophysical investigation of the scheduled site in Druitt Gardens, Christchurch. In August, we carried out a survey with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) in our search for geophysical … Continue reading →

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Geophysical Survey at Druitt Gardens

Posted on August 21, 2019 by tcablogmaster

Some members will be aware that for some time we have been negotiating with Historic England and Christchurch Town Council for permission to conduct a geophysical survey within Druitt Gardens and on the site the Scheduled Ancient Monument protecting the … Continue reading →

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Spring 2019 Newsletter Published

Posted on April 13, 2019 by tcablogmaster

Members should by now have received their copy of our latest newsletter, now with a fresh new look in the hands of our new Editor, Laureen Pearce. We have contributions on the Redvers Tomb in Christchurch’s Priory Church as well … Continue reading →

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