This is a welcome return by Jim (Senior Lecturer in Archaeology) and Elaine (Associate Lecturer in Landscape Archaeology) who have for the last few years hosted ERAS visits to their dig. Results are proving to be ever more interesting with evidence of activity around the famous castle site extending backwards into prehistory with important new insights into the early medieval period.

Brian, who is well known to many ERAS members, has been leading a most successful project around this nationally significant battle which will be the topic of a TV programme featuring Dan Snow. The timing is most appropriate as it coincides with the Bayeaux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum which commemorates the other famous battle of that year.

Paul is Regional Manager for York Archaeology. In this lecture Paul will reflect on discoveries within Eboracum over the last five years or so. These will include excavations at Micklegate, the Guldhall, and the Mount which have provided new insights into the development of this major Roman city.

                      Dave, Former ERAS Hon. Editor and Site Director and Manager of Humber Archaeology Partnership for many years, will provide an account of the major excavations on the site of the Austin Friary in Hull’s Old Town. His book, “Excavations at the Austin Friary, Hull, Yorkshire, 1994 and 1999. Part 1: The Stratigraphic Sequence” was published in late 2025. https://medievalarchaeology.co.uk/new-sma-monograph-out-now/

Senior Lecturer in European Historical Archaeology, School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities, University of Sheffield and Archaeological Advisor to the Diocese of Sheffield, Hugh is a leading expert in monastic landscapes.  Between 2011 and 2016, he led excavations at Thornton Abbey in North Lincolnshire, particularly around the Medieval hospital. Discoveries included the mass grave of victims of the Black Death which devasted Europe in the mid-14^th century.

Former Director of MAP Archaeological Practice, Paula is best known for the remarkable excavations of chariot burials at Pocklington and extensive Roman site at Eastfield near Scarborough. In this talk she will explain that even relatively small sites can shed important light on the archaeology of the region.

ERAS Field Studies Officer, and graduate in History and Archaeology at the University of Hull, Matt is currently a Project Manager for AOC Archaeological Group. In this talk he will provide an insight into the significant discoveries along the 30km corridor that houses the underground cables which transmit renewable energy from North Sea Dogger Bank Wind Farm to onshore convertor stations near Beverley. These range from Neolithic arrowheads to an Anglo-Saxon hall and associated settlement. For those wanting a taster see the on;ine exhibition,  https://insitu.org.uk/2024/11/15/a-landscape-through-time-brought-to-life-through-the-construction-of-dogger-bank-wind-farm/

Kevin is is National Adviser, Early Medieval Metalwork for the Portable Antiquities Scheme. He was formerly a senior curator at the North Lincolnshire Museum in Scunthorpe. In this lecture Kevin will show how the careful mapping of items of personal adornment such as buckles and brooches associated with the later Roman army and the placement of early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries may shed light on the relationship between the Romano-British surviving population and the incomers from across the North Sea. It was this period which spawned the legends of this iconic British King.