Our Meeting Place

Devonport Lecture Theatre

Portland Square Building

University of Plymouth

Plymouth

PL4 8ER

Our lectures are normally held at 7:00 pm in the Devonport Lecture Theatre of the Portland Square Building, University of Plymouth. PAS members, University staff &  students, with valid ID, and all school students are admitted free. All others are welcome but asked to contribute £4 towards our expenses.

Due to a major reorganisation of  The Arts Institute/The Bridge, the university has been unable to confirm our bookings for the lecture theatre at this time. Hopefully we will be able to continue as usual but, please revisit this site to confirm the lecture location before attending a lecture.

6 October 2025

The Romans in Cornwall – recent discoveries

Carl Thorpe, Cornwall Archaeological Unit

3 November 2025

Dig the Castle: We Dug It!

An exploration of one town’s adventures in archaeology

Emily Wapshott, Southwest Archaeology

2 February 2026

From Seabed to Showcase

The Mary Rose in context

Dr Alex Hildred, Mary Rose Trust

2nd March 2026

The Medieval warhorse

the archaeology of a military revolution?

Dr Oliver Creighton, University of Exeter

13 April 2026

Lost Ships Found

case-studies of shipwrecks

Dr Ian Friel

1 December 2025

The Reclamation of Exmoor revisited

Professor Ralph Fyfe, University of Plymouth

Summaries of each talk will be added as soon as we have adequate information to do so.

The introduction of techniques such as LIDAR and the results of excavations along major infrastructure developments has led to a revolution about our knowledge of the Romans within Cornwall with the discovery of forts, marching camps, fortlets, signal stations, roads and more.. Carl is a field archaeologist and finds specialist who has taken part in numerous excavations and watching briefs. For a few years he worked compiling a finds catalogue for all artefacts from Tintagel and for some 30 years has worked with the Cornwall Archaeological Unit concentrating on pottery. He has also appeared as a finds specialist on several ‘Time Team’ programmes.