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Field Visit: Wroxeter Roman City

BCGS Posted on 11 December 2022 by admin9 February 2023
Field Visit: Wroxeter Roman City

10.30 – 4.30
1 April

Saturday 1 April (Field Visit): Wroxeter Roman City. Led by David Pannett (Shropshire Geological Society). Meet in the car park at Wroxeter Roman City, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY5 6PJ, (GR: SJ 565087, from the Black Country, follow the old A5 Watling Street), for 10.30.  We will look at the building stones used within the city, where they came from and what happened to them after the city was abandoned.  Lunch break in Atcham, followed by afternoon visits to local churches and Acton Burnell.  There is an entrance fee for Wroxeter Roman City (an English Heritage site). Bring a packed lunch and comfortable footwear. Aim to finish around 4.30.

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  • 8.00, 22 September – Geological perspectives on the 'world’s largest' conventional explosion at Fauld Mine Staffordshire
  • 10.00, 19 October – 50th Anniversary Part 2: Permo-Triassic and the Ice Age in the Black Country
  • 8.00, 20 October – What Lies Beneath? Discoveries from Deep-Sea Drilling at Santorini Volcano (IODP Expedition 398)
  • 8.00, 17 November – Medicine and Geology - an exploration
  • 7.30, 15 December – Members' Evening and Christmas Social
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