Event led by the Natural History group 2pm - 4.30pm. First flowering dates and migrant birds with more information to follow Please book by email to office@sanhs.org or call 01823 272429 Thurlbear Wood, Thurlbear Stoke St Mary Somerset (OS Reference: ST 274 213) • Non-members are welcome at all meetings. • There is a minimum […]

A day long celebration of the work done on the Early Dunster project, which is nearing completion. Talks, exhibitions and walkabouts in this fascinating medieval settlement. Further details to follow.

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Meet in café at 10.30. Tour starts at 11 am. Tea/ coffee available at café. Suitable for disabled people Cost - £15 Booking essential. Please contact SANHS office. Email office@sanhs.org or call 01823 272429

Leaders: Madeleine and David Roberts. Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society visit to ASHTON MILL 17th August 2023 2pm to 4.30pm The Mill is an 18th century tower mill of a typical Somerset design. Although milling ceased in 1927, the Mill still contains original machinery. It is thus a fascinating time capsule of a bygone […]

12 noon - A visit to Muchelney Church of St Peter and St Paul – a fascinating church completed in the early 15th century. Lunch at Langport Arms in Langport if desired. 2pm - a visit to Hurds Hill, Langport – a Regency house, the home of Walter Bagehot, father of the British economy. Number […]

The first of three open days at the Wyndham Hall in September 2023 This is a Free event, but donations are greatly appreciated.  If you would like to donate, there will be a donations box on site or go to the SANHS website http://sanhs.org/ and use the Donate button. We suggest a donation of £5 […]

The second of three open days at the Wyndham Hall in September 2023 This is a Free event, but donations are greatly appreciated.  If you would like to donate, there will be a donations box on site or go to the SANHS website http://sanhs.org/ and use the Donate button. We suggest a donation of £5

The third of three open days at the Wyndham Hall in September 2023 This is a Free event, but donations are greatly appreciated.  If you would like to donate, there will be a donations box on site or go to the SANHS website http://sanhs.org/ and use the Donate button. We suggest a donation of £5

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During the Late Bronze Age and Earliest Iron Age (c.1150-600 BC), many bronze and gold objects were buried across Europe. This lecture will explore the meanings of metalwork deposition through the evidence from Somerset and investigate how the relationships between people, objects and places informed how and where artefacts were deposited as part of wider […]

Thomas Gould was the vicar stated by Hannah More to be 'intoxicated about six times a week and very frequently prevented from preaching by two black eyes honestly earned by fighting' and 'the black shades of his character are too melancholy even to be sketched here.' How accurate was she? Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, […]