FOXLEY SOCIAL CLUB

On the afternoon of Wednesday 7^th March we had Mr. Derek Edwards give us a talk with slides on ‘Roman Norfolk from the Air’.  Mr. Edwards is a qualified archaeologist who specializes in searching for Roman sites by photographing the land from the air looking for signs of ancient structures and roads.

This at first glance would seem to be a pretty ‘dry’ subject; but with Mr. Edward’s enthusiastic and extremely learned guidance we were very quickly enthralled by the revelations of the photographs. I think, first of all, how amazed we all were by the sheer amount of Roman sites that are around us here in Norfolk.  Farmers all over the county are ploughing and sewing just a few feet over the remaining foundations of forts, villas, temples, habitations of all sorts, and of course the ubiquitous Roman Road.  One particular photograph, taken at high altitude, showed most of Norfolk, and there, bisecting the county, going as straight as a die, heading for the Wash, was the original Peddar’s Way. We were quite awe-struck.  We were looking at our roots.

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2007 Programme for April ….

All meetings commence at 2pm unless stated otherwise; and all outings weather permitting.  Everyone is welcome at the meetings.                                                       

04/04     Village Hall

18/04     The Victorian Farming Years.  Mr. Stephen Pope.

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