Programme of Meetings and Events
ACTIVITIES:
KUTAS is active in many ways, running monthly lectures, organising occasional trips and social events, and encouraging research. Members receive regular newsletters.
Monthly Meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at 8pm
- in the Main Hall at Surbiton Library Halls, Ewell Road, Surbiton
- free car park behind the halls (access from Berrylands Road – small side driveway)
MEETINGS:
4 August 2019 - A visit to Whitehall, Cheam (meet at 10am)
A KUTAS visit to this recently restored house. Booking essential as places will be limited.
12 September 2019 - Whitehall, Cheam
John Phillips - Local Historian and (retired) Sutton Heritage Manager - A look at the mysterious early history of Whitehall in Cheam, and its subsequent use as a house.
10 October 2019 - Recent Finds From Surrey
Dr Simon Maslin - Surrey Finds Liaison Office, Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Please also bring along your own local finds and Simon will be happy to take a look at them.
14 November 2019 - Excavations at St Peter's Church, Petersham
Dr Helen Chittock - Project Officer (Post Excavation), AOL Archaeology Group.
A wealthy post-medieval community beside the River Thames
12 December 2019 - AGM and Christmas Celebrations
Annual General Meeting
Followed by our usual Christmas celebrations
9 January 2020 - Coins in Britain from Roman Times until 1660
Tim Everson - Local Historian and Numismatist
13 February 2020 - The Old Stones - The Megalithic Sites of Britain and Ireland
Andy Burnham - A highly illustrated talk based on this new field guide - which was awarded Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019.
Andy is lead author of the guide and will bring copies for signature / sale on the night.
13 March 2020 - Viking Age Non-Ferrous Metal Working
Dr Justine Bayley - Led the Technology Team in A.M.L., editor of Historical Metallurgy
Dark ages metal and glass working in Scandinavia and the British Isles
