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NETWORK NEWS
The newsletter of the Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeological Network
NUMBER 28: July 2005
ANNUAL REPORT April 2004 to
March 2005
The
Archaeological
Network
is
managed by the Archaeological
Services Team (AST) of the County
Council’s Environment and Heritage
Services (EHS) division of the
Community Services Department. It
was launched in March 1996, when
Rutland was a District of Leicestershire
County
Council;
following
local
government re-organisation in 1997,
Rutland County Council has “bought
into” the Network, which thereby has
covered both counties. Leicester,
having no civil parishes within its
boundaries, has always fallen outside
the Network’s remit, which is restricted
to emparished areas.
The Information Briefing on the
Network
can
be
viewed
on
Leicestershire
County
Council’s
website on the Museums and Record
Office > Community Archaeology >
Archaeological Network pages. The
inclusion of pages specific to the
Network on the website was a
significant achievement in 2004-5;
thanks go to Kevin Turner, the
department’s Information Management
Officer. New issues of Network News
are posted on the website as they
appear: these are available for
downloading as “Word” and PDF
versions.
Four new parish councils and meetings
joined the Network in this financial
year, bringing the total number of
parish representative bodies that have
signed up to 189. There have also
been some resignations, replacements
and reappointments of Wardens. The
process of checking the list of
Wardens, in accordance with Data
Protection requirements, has begun,
and will be completed in 2005-6 in time
for the tenth anniversary in March
2006 of the launch of the Network.
This is being done in order to identify
Wardens who may have changed
address, or resigned, without notifying
the co-ordinator. This will inevitably
lead to an increase in the number of
vacancies: parish authorities that have
joined the Network are advised when
their Warden has been removed from
the list, and invited to advertise for a
replacement. Recruitment is also
pursued by EHS.
Four issues of Network News,
numbers 24-27, were produced in
2004-5, with number 24 incorporating
the Annual Report for 2003-4.
Distribution followed the pattern of
previous years, with number 27 (March
2005) being the first to be posted on
the website.
Training of
volunteers
Wardens and other
embraced
practical
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fieldwalking at Stonton Wyville, the
annual Fieldworkers Training Day,
finds identification and conservation,
and sessions run by the Community
Heritage Initiative. Many Wardens are
also members of the Leicestershire
Museums Archaeological Fieldwork
Group, and of local metal detecting
clubs, and thus benefit from the
services provided by AST to these
groups, such as the regular newsletter
to the former, and attendance by the
Finds Liaison Officer at meetings of the
latter for the identification and
recording of finds.
The service’s Collections Resources
Centre provides a facility where
Wardens can examine archaeological
finds and records held in the
museums’
collections.
Examples
include Bob Sparham’s postgraduate
research
on
Roman
pottery
assemblages
in
north
east
Leicestershire, and Keith Hextall’s
work on Sapcote Castle which has
resulted in an exhibition at Hinckley
Museum.
Wardens have been involved in the
running of three excavations, on the
Roman villas at Wycomb (between
Scalford and Goadby Marwood) and
Wymondham, and on the site of
Hinckley Priory, as well as numerous
fieldwalking surveys.
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NEWSLETTER 28: JULY 2005
A ROMAN TEMPLE IN SOUTH WEST
LEICESTERSHIRE?
Wendy Scott, Finds Liaison Officer
Does the rare discovery of over 20
“horse and rider” brooches found in
south west Leicestershire point to a
possible Roman temple site?
These brooches have always been
associated with religious sites by
archaeologists. Martin Henig (Oxford
University) suggested they were
associated with the god Mars, but their
distribution seems to reflect an
association with British tribes and
native religious sites. Perhaps a link
with the goddess Epona is more likely?
There are many types of horse and
rider brooches, but all have the same
stylised appearance of a figure on a
horse facing to the right, often
decorated with coloured enamel cells.
The ones found in Leicestershire that
can be classified largely fit two of
Richard Hattatt’s types (1176 and
611). One does not and is very crude,
being just an outline of a rather squat
pony! Eight of the brooches are too
fragmentary to be assigned a type and
reflect the general state of the
brooches. All are missing their pins
and all except two are incomplete.
The few publications in existence fail to
mention the condition of the brooches,
which may be significant. Those that
have been drawn usually only show
the front. The ones drawn both sides
are always intact. This begs the
question why are ours in such a poor
state?
One theory is that people are offering
up their damaged brooches to the
gods at the suggested temple and that
they are buying new ones to take
away. Another theory is that the
selection of brooches represents a
dispersed metalwork hoard. Maybe
people are simply trading in their old
brooches for new ones and the
metalworking is taking place in, or near
the temple precinct. Instead of being
offerings it may make more sense to
view these brooches as early pilgrim
badges. Wearing them may show that
you have visited a shrine or that you
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are a follower of a particular
god/goddess.
However, whatever the reason for their
abandonment they are definitely linked
to religious sites. I M Ferris produced a
catalogue of all the known brooches in
1986. This included 47 brooches
recorded from 27 sites. 14 find spots
were known temples sites or areas
showing ritual activity; five were
Romano-British occupation sites and
the rest are stray finds. One brooch,
from Nornour on the Isle of Scilly, was
found amongst 260 other types of
brooches and was initially interpreted
as a manufacturing site; only to be reinterpreted as a temple site(?). The
largest assemblage recorded by Ferris
was eight brooches at Hockwold Cum
Wilton in Norfolk, a known temple site.
Is the Leicestershire collection the
biggest ever found?
This is where you come in! If you have
found one or know someone who has,
please contact me so we can record
them. The more information we get on
these brooches the better our
understanding will be.
THE
DESTRUCTION
OF
THE
ENGLISH CHURCHYARD … AND
WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
Keith Hextall, Archaeological Warden
for Sapcote
As Archaeological and Heritage
Warden for Sapcote I decided to
produce a photographic survey of our
local churchyard memorial inscriptions.
My survey is meant to complement the
WI survey undertaken in 1981 when
they recorded some 691 memorials
still extent, the earliest dating to 1720.
Initially, I concentrated on the oldest
memorials. One might think that this is
a rather easy job, popping into the
graveyard and taking a roll of film and
that is it. On the contrary, if one is
going to produce as clear a record as
is possible there are many obstacles
on one’s way: namely, direction of sun,
shadow from trees and walls and the
time of year. In my case memorials are
facing both east and west and some
are level with the ground.
My first “sortie” was in the summer of
1993, followed by another session last
year. When I came to recommence the
survey earlier this year, events had
occurred that enraged me. Under
Health and Safety regulations any
upright memorial leaning over too far is
deemed dangerous, and consequently
flattened. One would expect that with
the interest in genealogy, and more
people visiting churchyards to find their
ancestors, that care would be taken
with these memorials when this is
done. At least ten had been flattened
with their inscriptions face down. The
more I looked the more damage was
apparent. Kerbstones had been
damaged by mowing, and memorial
pots marking graves had been moved
and placed well away from their
original site, usually within someone
else’s grave. Old memorials dating
from the early 1800’s had been
cracked by the mowing machines
going over them. Only hand machines
are supposed to be used where there
are a lot of memorials but tractor type
ones are often used.
Having contacted our Parish Clerk it
was suggested that photographs were
taken of the damage and that I inform
the District Council, which took over
maintenance of the churchyard in
1981. In order to get things moving I
also contacted our local District
Councillor. He contacted the District
Council and we quickly had a site
meeting. The DC official agreed that
dropping memorials inscription down
was not on, and explained that some
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were due to be re-erected. We agreed
that an area might be designated for
damaged
stones
together
with
memorial pots that were now out of
context. The Rector has agreed to this,
and advised that a Faculty should be
applied for from the Diocese. The DC
officer has subsequently put into effect
a tidy-up of the churchyard and
ensured that extra care will be taken
with mowing. The DC has said that our
churchyard will become a model for
how others in its care be managed,
and is to conduct a survey mapping
the memorials.
follow the guidance below. We must,
for example, ensure that all material in
our
Collections
is
appropriately
marked, labelled and bagged. We do
not have the resources to do this “in
house” for newly acquired material,
and therefore have to ask that this is
done by the finders before they deposit
collections.
Editor’s Note. Many churchyards such
as Sapcote’s have been “closed” by
the Diocese, which means that no
further burials will take place and
responsibility for maintenance is
transferred from the Parochial Church
Council to the local government District
Council. WI surveys exist for many
churchyards, but may simply record
the inscriptions, without producing a
map or recording the geology of the
stones.
The Heritage Warden’s
Guidance Pack includes a section on
the Geology of Graveyards (pp. 10.1618), and the Council for British
Archaeology handbook “Recording and
Analysing Graveyards” is still in print. A
copy of the latter may be consulted in
the Archaeology Library at County Hall
(tel. 0116 265 8324 for access).
2. We (the museums service) identify
them, and return them to you via the
museum you brought them in to, with
you signing off the Entry Form. We will
hang on to the Diary Sheet for the
SMR, assuming you have a copy
already, or return a copy to you if you
indicate that you haven't made one.
HOW TO DONATE FINDS FROM
FIELDWORK: a short guide to
Leicestershire Museums’ preferred
procedure.
The museums service is always
interested in opportunities to acquire
as donations finds from archaeological
fieldwork in Leicestershire. We do
have to work within a code of good
practice, which requires us to ask
potential depositors of such material to
1. You (the fieldworker) bring your
finds in to one of our museums for
identification or verification, with Diary
Sheet or other records of your
fieldwork, and get an Entry Form filled
in for the IDENTIFICATION.
3. When you wish to deposit the finds
as an offer of donation, AND have a
completed copy of the access/donation
form signed by the landowner (or
tenant, if the latter has the right to give
the finds away), contact Richard
Pollard for an accession number. You
should then get each find and bag
marked (or in the case of metalwork,
the bags only) with both the
accession number and the traverse
and stint code (e.g. 1A).
4. Bring them in to one of the County
Council’s museums again, together
with the completed access/donation
form. A new Entry Form will be made
out for the DONATION. Fill in
the details of the signatory to the
access/donation form in the "Owner (if
different)" box on the Entry Form, as
well as your own in the "Received
from" box.
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5. Write the accession number and the
DONATION EN number on your copy
of the Diary Sheet (and any copy you
make of the access/donation form
signed by landowner).
6. We will write to the person whose
details appear in the "Owner" box,
thanking them for agreeing to the
donation of finds from their land, and to
you as well, so that all parties know
what has happened to the finds.
In the event that any landowners will
not donate the finds you have
discovered, but offers to lend them to
us, let us know so that we can look at
our identification records, consider
what use we would make of the
borrowed material, and decide whether
to proceed with the loan.
EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS AT
DONINGTON-LE-HEATH
MANOR
HOUSE: a selection
“The Vikings in Leicestershire” is a
new exhibition opening on 1st October
for 6 months. This will look at Mercian
Leicestershire and the Viking invasions
with
objects
from
both
the
Leicestershire Museums’ Collections
and many newly discovered pieces
recorded by the Portable Antiquities
Scheme on display for the first time.
5th October, 7.30 (talk) ‘Iron Age
Leicestershire and the Roman
Conquest’. Peter Liddle, the Keeper of
Donington, will give an up to date
assessment of Leicestershire around
2000 years ago in the light of recent
discoveries.
9th October, 11.00 – 4.00 (event). The
Vikings had a fearsome reputation and
The Vikings! Of Middle England will do
their best to live up to it. Combat, and
living history displays, will feature.
The Manor House is open from 11.00
to 4.00 until 18th December 2005, and
from March 2006. Opening times for
late December, January and February
will be announced nearer the time, but
will include weekends.
THE JEWRY WALL MUSEUM,
The museum, one of Leicester City
Council’s sites, has had its opening
hours extended. It is now open to the
public during most school holidays,
from 11.00 to 4.30 Mondays to
Saturdays, and 1.00 to 4.30 Sundays.
These hours apply to weekends only in
term times, when it is open on
weekdays only to pre-booked school
and community groups. Laura Coats
has been appointed as the new Senior
Curator History by the City Council,
taking up her post on 1st July with
responsibility for both Jewry Wall and
Newarke Houses Museums.
WEBSITES
“Community involvement in town and
country planning” is the title of the first
“Good practice note” to be issued by
the National Planning Forum. These
notes are designed “to promote better
outcomes for everyone seeking to
develop or change the use of land or
buildings in England.” To judge from
the first note, they will also be useful
for those seeking to prevent or modify
development proposals. The website is
at www.natplanforum.org.uk .
Antiquities Online. The Society of
Antiquaries of London has announced
that a substantial part of its extensive
catalogue
of
drawings
of
archaeological finds and portable
antiquities can now be consulted via
the internet. Supported by the
Archaeology Data Service (ADS), the
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catalogue features over 4,000 entries
with some 2,100 images. As well as
items from the drawings collection, the
database also has some 700
photographs of items from the
Society’s museum.
Most of the drawings date from the
period 1750—1850, when the Society
commissioned draughtsmen to draw
archaeological
discoveries
and
historical objects in private hands,
either for publication or for study at the
Society’s meetings. As a result, the
Society's library holds the most
important national collection of historic
drawings of portable antiquities to be
found in Britain.
Many of the drawings are of objects
now in national museums, while others
show items that have now been lost
and for which the drawing is the only
surviving evidence, such as a ring
presented by Mary, Queen of Scots,
and the unique Anglo-Saxon silver
hanging bowl from the River Witham
(both of which can be seen on the
Antiquaries’
website
at
www.sal.org.uk/library/drawings.php .
Drawings from the Romano-British
albums will be added to the database
by the end of the year, and further
entries will follow if funding can be
obtained.
The catalogue can be accessed via the
Society’s
own
website
at
www.sal.org.uk , or by going directly to
the Archaeology Data Service/AHDS
Archaeology
website
at
www.ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collecti
ons/blurbs/396.cfm .
English national inventory online at
ArchSearch. The English Heritage
National Monuments Record Centre
and
the
Archaeology
Data
Service/AHDS
Archaeology
has
announced the inclusion of the English
Heritage National Inventory within
ArchSearch (a menu option available
on
the
homepage
of
www.ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collecti
ons/blurbs/396.cfm). Although
the
English National Inventory has now
been online for some time via the
NMR’s own facility, ArchSearch allows
users to search several databases
simultaneously,
and
this
latest
development means that researchers
can follow up multiple leads or pull
together
resources
that
might
otherwise be difficult: for example, it is
now possible to interrogate the
National Inventory for England and the
National Monuments Record of
Scotland for sites and monuments
along the Anglo-Scottish border.
The National Inventory is the primary
record of England's archaeological and
architectural sites held by the National
Monuments Record (NMR) and
contains over 400,000 records. It
encompasses the historic environment
in its widest sense and includes
archaeological,
architectural
and
historical sites from earliest times to
the present day, covering England and
its territorial waters (the 12-mile limit).
The
data
set
provides
basic
information about each site together
with sources, archive and activity
details as appropriate. Core elements
of this data set are presented here with
links for more information from
PastScape, English Heritage's easy-touse online resource that provides
access to the National Inventory and
related information: go to www.englishheritage.org.uk/pastscape. In addition,
the new data set provides users with
contact details and reference numbers
for specific items of information held in
the National Monuments Record
Centre in Swindon.
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The five national population censuses
from 1861 through to 1901 can be
studied at www.ancestry.co.uk . This is
a subscription site, but a free trial is
offered on the Home Page.
AN ENGRAVED NEOLITHIC PLAQUE
FROM
LEICESTERSHIRE
From “Salon-IFA news 118”, edited by
Christopher Catling
“Patrick Clay, FSA, MIFA, has sent
news of the discovery of a Late
Neolithic plaque engraved with a face
from a pit that ULAS (University of
Leicester Archaeological Services) has
been digging at Rothley near
Leicester.
“Patrick writes that 'the plaque is made
of finely grained sandstone, probably
derived from the local Mercia
Mudstone deposits. It was broken in
antiquity, but enough survives to
suggest the original design would have
been symmetrical, with a stylised face
set within a rectangular frame. The
face motif was executed with nearparallel lines while the frame was of a
slightly broader and deeper line. The
eyes are formed by two double
concentric rings with curving eyebrows
that link to the frame, while the nose is
formed by a slightly squashed lozenge
with a linking chevron that forms the
cheek. There are slight traces of a
mouth, probably formed by another
lozenge.
“'A preliminary examination of the
associated pottery suggests that most
of it is Grooved Ware of Woodlands
style, including many highly decorated
pieces. While there are examples of
other engraved plaques with Grooved
Ware associations - for example from
Amesbury - figurative art appears to be
unique. Eye and eyebrow motifs are
paralleled on the Folkton drums, which
also have the opposed bar chevrons
and lozenge used on the face panels
in the Rothley plaque.
“'In the same pit were several
thousand finds, including decorated
pottery sherds and lithics. Another
small pit produced another placed
deposit comprising calcined flint and
animal bone, Grooved Ware from a
single vessel, a large stone rubber and
a ceramic ball (golf ball size). The
lithics included a flint axe that had
been completely calcined by intense
heat to the point of exploding. Rothley
is one of a number of Grooved Ware
sites found in recent years in the East
Midlands. The material provides further
examples of structured deposition and
intentional destruction - for example
the deliberate breaking of the plaque,
the burning of flint artefacts and animal
bone, and the flaking of axes. These
acts might perhaps be interpreted as
an act of closure to the habitation role
of the site.'”
THE TIME TEAM “BIG ROMAN DIG”
AT MEDBOURNE
The popular television series pitched
up in Leicestershire for the second
time in three years during early July.
Two years ago it was the village of
Great Easton that was the setting for
the “Big Dig”. This year it was the
Roman small town at Medbourne with
the objective of shedding light on the
period when Roman rule gave way to
Anglo-Saxon settlement.
Training excavations from 1987-1995
undertaken by Leicestershire County
Council had revealed burials
and
concentrations of Anglo-Saxon finds
within the area of the Roman town. A
team of volunteers, supervised by staff
of ULAS and the Archaeological
Services Team, spent a week
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excavating three trenches in this area.
It is estimated that 24 burials lay within
one trench, of which 11 were exposed.
None of these had any associated
grave goods, and it seems most likely
that they were Christians, as the
cemetery was laid out with the heads
of the deceased at the west end of the
graves. It is as yet uncertain whether
this cemetery is late Roman, or AngloSaxon, in date, but it is hope that
radiocarbon dating of the bones will
resolve the issue. One of the graves
cut into a possible enclosure boundary
ditch which contained Roman finds.
A second trench aimed at examining a
churchyard of Anglo-Saxon date
known to have been sited over the site
of the Roman town yielded two other
burials.
A third trench produced a range of
features cut into the natural clay that
are suggestive of an Anglo-Saxon
timber building.
The discovery of these burials is of
great significance whether they be
Roman or Anglo-Saxon. It is hoped
that a summary of ULAS’s technical
report will be included in a future issue
of Network News. For further
information,
please
contact
the
Archaeological Services Team.
VISITORS
DEMAND
BONES
From “Salon-IFA news 119”, edited by
Christopher Catling
“What do members of the public think
about the display of human remains in
museums? Writing on the topic in The
Times at the end of June, the paper's
Archaeology Correspondent, Norman
Hammond, reported on a survey by
Cambridgeshire archaeologists, which
found that more than 70 per cent felt
that
showing
skeletons
was
appropriate and welcome, although a
similar percentage thought that they
should eventually be reburied.
“The survey was triggered by an
outreach event at which objects from a
local excavation were shown, but not
the human remains. Quinton Carroll,
principal
archaeologist
with
Cambridgeshire County Council, was
taken aback by the public reaction:
'The response suggested that visitors
had expected to see the skeletons,
and our actions were criticised. This
surprised us, as we thought we had
reacted according to the prevailing
mood.'
“To test broader public opinion, the
survey was run over a four-month
period, and found that 85 per cent of
respondents
were
aware
that
skeletons excavated by archaeologists
were retained rather than immediately
reburied. 88 per cent believed it was
appropriate for them to be used for
scientific study, and more than 70 per
cent of those who felt that eventual
reinterment were desirable thought it
should take place only when such
studies were completed. Only 5 per
cent wanted immediate reburial, and
56 per cent of those questioned
believed that the assumed religion of
the deceased should affect how the
skeleton was treated.
“Since specialists 'can often feel
besieged by demands for reburial',
these views come as a surprise, Mr
Carroll said. 'What has been perceived
as a popular view may be incorrect.'
Although support for reburial at the
request of the local community was
marked, at 25 per cent of those who
wanted reinterment to take place, it
was still a minority view, he said.
“Almost 80 per cent of those asked
expected to see human skeletons
displayed in museums, slightly fewer
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thought it appropriate, and 71 per cent
'expected to see skeletons at one-off
events hosted by archaeologists', with
69 per cent feeling it appropriate.”
Network News editor’s note: there are
at present no human remains on
display at Leicestershire County
Council’s museums, although a
Roman glass burial urn still containing
cremated bones is exhibited at the
Collections Resources Centre.
FIELDWORK OPPORTUNITY
Mr Kevin Yates of Leicester writes that
he “is currently seeking assistance with
a small amateur archaeological project
being undertaken in NW Leics. He
hopes to map out the NW line of the
major Roman Road (the Via Devana)
which is runs into the Roman city of
Leicester from the SE as the Gartree
Road.
“An amateur in the mid-1980s at
Anstey found what was considered to
be an agger and a section was
excavated through it, revealing large
foundation stones. A further section
was excavated further NW at
NewtoWn Linford that also revealed
foundation stones.”
Mr Yates is hoping that “a small team
of interested amateurs will be able to
assist him to further this research to
further our understanding of this major
Roman Road in NW Leics. Any
amateur in the Anstey/Coalville/Ashby
area should contact Mr Yates (email
kevinyates1@yahoo.co.uk) if
they
would like to help in mapping and
fieldwalking the alignment of the
suspected Roman Road. He is also
seeking more qualified and semiexperienced personnel in excavation
who would be able to assist in
excavating one or two sections across
the alignment.
ARCHAEOLOGY STAFF IN
LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY
COUNCIL, ENVIRONMENT AND
HERITAGE SERVICES
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES
TEAM
The County Council’s archaeologists
are based at: Room 500, County Hall,
Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicester
LE3 8TE (Fax (0116) 265 7965)
KEEPER OF ARCHAEOLOGY, also
FIELD SURVEY, FIELDWORK
GROUP:
Peter Liddle (0116) 265 8326
email: pliddle@leics.gov.uk
ARCHAEOLOGY COLLECTIONS,
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND
ARCHAEOLOGICAL NETWORK:
Richard Pollard (0116) 265 8324
email: rpollard@leics.gov.uk
EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
(DONINGTON-LE-HEATH):
Richard Knox (0116) 265 8327
email: rknox@leics.gov.uk
FINDS
LIASON
OFFICER,
PORTABLE ANTIQUITIES SCHEME,
(archaeological identifications service):
Wendy Scott (0116) 265 8325
email: wscott@leics.gov.uk
YOUNG ARCHAEOLOGISTS CLUB:
Pete Liddle (0116) 265 8326
HISTORIC AND NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT TEAM
SENIOR PLANNING
ARCHAEOLOGIST:
Richard Clark (0116) 265 8322
email: riclark@leics.gov.uk
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PLANNING ARCHAEOLOGIST (also
Sites and Monuments Record):
Helen Wells (0116) 265 8323
email: hwells@leics.gov.uk
LEICESTERSHIRE
COUNCIL MUSEUMS
HARBOROUGH MUSEUM
Council Offices, Adam and Eve Street,
Market Harborough. Open Mon-Sat
10am - 4.30pm; Sun 2 – 5pm.
Tel: (01858) 821085.
COUNTY
CHARNWOOD MUSEUM
Queen’s Hall, Granby Street,
Loughborough. Open Mon-Sat 10 am 4.30pm; Sun 2 - 5pm (Nov 1 – March
31, Sun 1 - 4pm). Tel: (01509) 233754.
COLLECTIONS
RESOURCE
CENTRE
Barrow-upon-Soar.
Tel: (01509) 815514. Guided visits by
appointment with the Site Manager,
Fred Hartley. Appointments to examine
collections should be made with the
relevant collection curator, but will
normally be between 10.00-3.30 MonThurs, and 10.00-3.00 Fri. Contact:
Archaeology - Richard Pollard (0116
265 8324); Art and Costume - Philip
Warren (01509 815514); Geology Susan Cooke (01509 233737); Home
and Family Life - Fiona Ure (01530
278442); Natural Life - Tony Fletcher;
Working Life - Fred Hartley (both
01509 815514).
DONINGTON-LE-HEATH
MANOR
HOUSE
Manor Road, Donington-le-Heath,
Coalville. Open daily 11am – 4pm until
18th December 2005. Opening times
for late December, January and
February will be announced nearer the
time, but will include weekends. Tel:
(01530) 831259.
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCES
CENTRE (HOLLY HAYES)
216 Birstall Road, Birstall. Open
(except for Bank Holidays) Mon-Fri
10am – 4pm by appointment. Tel:
(0116) 267 1950.
MELTON CARNEGIE MUSEUM
Thorpe End, Melton Mowbray. Open
daily 10am - 4.30pm. Tel: (01664)
569946.
THE
RECORD
OFFICE
FOR
LEICESTERSHIRE, LEICESTER &
RUTLAND
Long Street, Wigston Magna. Open
Mon, Tues, Thurs 9.15am – 5pm; Wed
9.15am - 7.30pm; Fri 9.15am 4.45pm; Sat 9.15am - 12.15pm. Tel:
(0116) 257 1080.
SNIBSTON DISCOVERY PARK
Ashby Road, Coalville.
Open Apr to Sept daily 10am – 5pm;
Oct – Mar Mon-Fri 10am – 3pm; Sat &
Sun 10am – 5pm. Admission: Adults
£5.70, Concessions £3.90, Child
£3.60, under 5's free; half price after
3pm. Free to all for last two hours
opening time on Weds. Season tickets
and Group discounts : call for details.
Tel: (01530) 278444.
There are many other museums and
historic buildings in Leicestershire and
Rutland open to the public, run by the
voluntary
sector
and
other
organisations.
Details should be
available at your local library, or log on
to www.lrmf.org.uk .
THIS NEWSLETTER HAS BEEN
PRODUCED
BY
THE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SERVICES
TEAM FOR THE LEICESTERSHIRE
AND RUTLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL
NETWORK
Heritage Services
Room 500, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8TE
(0116) 265 8324 Fax:(0116) 265 7965