From Viking Boats to Whitby Jet

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From Viking Boats to Whitby Jet: new discoveries on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula

In this talk Prof Oliver Harris will explore the archaeology of Swordle Bay on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, examining how a seemingly empty landscape is in fact teeming with more than 6,000 years of archaeology. Covering the excavation of Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Medieval and post-medieval sites this talk will set out the fascinating landscape and the discoveries we have made, including the only Viking boat burial on the UK mainland.

Speaker: Oliver Harris, Professor of Archaeology, University of Leicester

Oliver Harris is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Leicester. He is the author or co-author of five books and specialises in the study of the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Britain and Ireland as well as archaeological theory. He has co-directed fieldwork on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, western Scotland since 2006.

Ardnamurchan archaeology

FREE for FRAG Members

Non-members welcome – £5 cash, payable on the night
(card payment not currently possible)

The Venue for FRAG Talks is:

University Centre Peterborough
Park Crescent
PE1 4DZ

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This is NOT the new university building in the centre of the city, but is on a shared campus with Peterborough College and is accessed from Park Crescent.

There is on-site parking available.

The lecture theatre is on the first floor; a lift is available.

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Date:
3 March 2025
Time:
7:00 pm
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