Festival of Archaeology
Rothley Archaeology Festival 2010
This event took place on Saturday 31st July 2010 at the Old School Rooms, Rothley and 147 people joined us to hear about the Archaeology of Rothley.
Part of the display
The Festival of Archaeology ran from the 17th July to the 31st August 2010 and Leicestershire was one of the most active counties in supporting the Council of British Archaeology's (CBA) Festival of British Archaeology. This event in Rothley, organised by the Rothley Heritage Trust, was part of this Festival.
Pottery dug up in Rothley kindly loaned by Leicestershire County Council Barrow Resources Centre
What has Rothley to show at this event?
Neolithic Circa 3500-2000BC
Temple Grange Site and Brickyard Farm Site
Bronze Age Circa 2000-600BC
Rothley Lodge Farm Site
Iron Age Circa 600-100BC
Temple Grange Site
Roman Circa 100BC-AD410
Rothley Station Site and The Grange Site
Anglo-Saxon Circa 410-1066AD
Rothley Station Site and The Grange Site
Medieval Circa 1066-1485AD
Rothley Court Hotel Site and Parish Church
Two presentations were made with the first by Gavin Speed of Leicester University with hot news from the Temple Grange site (old allotments on the A6) and then by Lynden Cooper also of Leicester University presenting the dig at Lodge Farm with its beer drinking pottery and the meaning of stone balls in a ritual context.
The Rothley Plaque (Lynden Cooper)
Tim Upson-Smith from Northamptonshire Archaeology was there with a display of local archaeology. Tim was one of the speakers at The Rothley Colloquium held in March 2010.
The Anglo Saxons were there!
A replica of the fabulous helmet from the Sutton Hoo Burial
An event organised by the Rothley Heritage Trust
