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Bucks Geology GroupEvents - 2024 Programme PRINTER FRIENDLY
2024 ProgrammeSaturday 9th March 2024, 2:30-3:30pm. (a joint BGG / Bucks Archaeological Society event)Sarsen Stone Quarrying in Southern England – a lost Buckinghamshire Industry. . This talk by Dr Katy Whitaker (formerly of University of Reading and now Historic England) is being run as a joint event with the Bucks Archaeological Society. The speaker has carried out extensive research into the sources and uses of sarsen stones for both ancient monuments and more recent inclusions in towns and villages. The talk will cover the geology of sarsen stones and their distribution before telling the story of the once important but now vanished post-medieval sarsen stone industry that once flourished in Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire. Venue: Discover Bucks Museum, Aylesbury. There is no charge for this event but if you are not a member of the Bucks Archaeological Society, please contact Mike Palmer to guarantee your place. at Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the start time and allow extra time at the end if paying for car parking. . Saturday 27th April 2024, time:tbcA visit to Great Tew Quarry, Oxfordshire This is an Amateur Geological Society event led by Gabriel Hodes to which BGG members have kindly been invited. Sturdy boots and high-vis coats/vests essential. Further details to follow. BOOKING ESSENTIAL - to register your interest please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) . Saturday 11th May 2024, 11:00am-4:00pmA Sarsen Odyssey to Avebury and West Woods, Wiltshire. Following on from March’s sarsen-quarrying talk, Dr Katy Woods will be leading a walk around the Neolithic sarsens of Avebury in the morning with an afternoon visit to West Woods, near Marlborough, source of the Stonehenge sarsens. BOOKING ESSENTIAL - for further details and to book your place please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) . Saturday 22nd June 2024, time tbcExploring the geology of South Bucks This is a joint meeting with the Amateur Geological Society led by Mike Howgate. This full-day trip will explore West Wycombe Hill and the Hell-Fire Caves, the Lyde gardens in Bledlow and Bradenham with it’s eponymous puddingstones. BOOKING ESSENTIAL - for further details and to book your place please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) Please note that the Hellfire Caves charge for admission - see https://www.hellfirecaves.co.uk for details. . July 2024- date to be confirmedA visit to Totternhoe Quarry with Dr Haydon Bailey. We are currently awaiting confirmation of this event along with further details and PPE requirements. BOOKING ESSENTIAL - to register your interest please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) . Sunday 18th August 2024, 10:30am-1:30pmGreat Linford and Stonepit Field, Milton Keynes Dr Jill Eyers will lead walk looking at the local geology through building stones, a little disused quarry, ‘stone circle’ and Stonepit Field. Jurassic geology with an Ice Age flurry and a few fossils! BOOKING ESSENTIAL - for further details and to book your place please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) . Saturday 28th September 2024, time:tbcMegalosaur 200 – A Bucks Rock & Fossil Day Dinosaur Special The event will combine a traditional Bucks Rock & Fossil Day with a special dinosaur focus to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the naming of the first dinosaur, Megalosaurus bucklandii. Explore hands-on displays, meet local geologists and bring in your own mystery objects for identification. No need to book, just turn up. Venue: Discover Bucks Museum, Aylesbury. More information to follow . Saturday 19th October 2024, time:tbcThe Devil is in the detail - How to read geological maps Mike Howgate will lead this workshop providing an introduction to what’s what on a geological map, using the British Geological Survey’s Aylesbury sheet as an example. Venue: Discover Bucks Museum Resource Centre, Halton. BOOKING ESSENTIAL - for further details and to book your place please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) . Saturday 2nd November 2024, 10:30am-4:30pmFestival of Geology - UCL, London Geological exhibitors from around the world - including fossil & mineral displays from local geology groups and affiliated geological societies, books, maps, photo-competition and much more! Special Exhibits and Special Lecture: "TBC" - This is a free public event. Event information . .-end of programme- This list will be updated regularly - Last updated on 2nd March 2024.
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