Category Archives: Events

An exciting event was happening this week at nearby Hengistbury Head in which this site of archaeological importance celebrated prehistoric crafts with a hands-on experience of pottery-making, flint knapping and the preparation of pigments for decoration.  Our chairman took along … Continue reading →

Those of us who regretted the closure of Christchurch’s Electricity Museum will welcome SSE’s initiative in providing a Doors Open Day on 21 February 2018. Entry was free but required prior booking which was arranged for a small group of … Continue reading →

On Sunday 24 September 2017, we set up our usual stall at the biennial History Day organised by the Friends of St. Catherine’s Hill and this year benefiting from the Lottery funding to celebrate the role of the Hill as … Continue reading →

TCA was invited to set up a stall at the biennial History Day jointly organised by The Friends of St. Catherine’s Hill and the Christchurch and East Dorset Countryside Service which this year took place on Sunday 27 September. Our … Continue reading →

We surveyed a total of 4 20 metre grids on Saturday 21 March at Priory House, Christchurch. Three grids were laid out on the lawn immediately outside Priory House, Whereas the fourth grid was located outside the southern boundary wall … Continue reading →

The History Day organised by the Friends of St. Catherine’s Hill was blessed by fine weather apart from a light shower in the morning – a great relief to participants who remembered the downpour of two years ago. Our stall … Continue reading →

TCA will have a stall at the ‘History on the Hill’ Day organised by the Friends of St. Catherine’s Hill on Sunday 29 September from 10.30am to 4pm. We will have a display illustrating our activities and including finds from … Continue reading →

We have been invited to set up our stall at the Friends of St. Catherine’s Hill Open Day which takes place on Sunday 29 September from 10.30 am to 4.00 pm. We were there two years ago and spent a … Continue reading →

We set up our stall at the Festival of Archaeology Day on Friday 19 July in the gardens of the Red House Museum. The Museum had organised a very interesting collection of exhibitors including a demonstration of finds conservation techniques, … Continue reading →